OCALA STAR BANNER CORPORATION v. McGHEE

No. 94-535.

643 So.2d 1196 (1994)

The OCALA STAR BANNER CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Police Chief Lee McGHEE, in his official capacity as custodian of Ocala Police Department Records, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

October 21, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregg D. Thomas, Steven L. Brannock and Carol Jean LoCicero of Holland & Knight, Tampa, and Adam Liptak of New York Times Co., New York, for appellant.

Patrick G. Gilligan of Gilligan & King, P.A., Ocala, for appellee.


DAUKSCH, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment in a public records act case wherein appellant newspaper seeks police records of an investigation of a public official.

When the chief of police was not willing to reveal the police reports, appellant filed an action in the circuit court seeking mandamus to require the production of the reports and allied declaratory relief. Appellee responded by alleging the records were exempt under sections 119.07(3)(e)...

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