TIMES PUB. CO. v. AKE

No. 84513.

660 So.2d 255 (1995)

TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY, etc., Petitioner, v. Richard AKE, etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearings Denied September 13, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George K. Rahdert, Patricia Fields Anderson and Alison M. Steele of Rehdert & Anderson, St. Petersburg, for petitioner.

Leslie E. Joughin, III, John W. Bakas, Jr. and John W. McWhirter, Jr. of McWhirter, Reeves, McGlothlin, Davidson & Bakas, P.A., and Karen E. Minton, Legal Adviser to the Clerk of the Circuit Court, Tampa, for respondent.

Lorence Jon Bielby and Jimmy D. Crawford of Greenberg, Traurig, Hoffman, Lipoff, Rosen & Quentel, P.A., Tallahassee, amicus curiae for Florida Ass'n of Court Clerks, Inc.

Monroe W. Treiman, Brooksville, pro se.


OVERTON, Justice.

We have for review Times Publishing Co. v. Ake, 645 So.2d 1003 (Fla. 2d DCA 1994), in which the district court held that chapter 119, Florida Statutes (1991), does not apply to judicial records maintained by the clerk of the circuit court because the clerk's duties are derived from article V of the Florida Constitution; that the clerk is acting as an arm of the court when maintaining court records; and that...

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