MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-WEST VOLUSIA, INC., Petitioner,
v.
NEWS-JOURNAL CORPORATION, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Florida.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
January 21, 1999.
Rehearing Denied March 31, 1999.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
John Beranek of Ausley & McMullen, Tallahassee, Florida, and Larry R. Stout of Smith, Hood, Perkins, Loucks, Stout, Orfinger & Selis, Daytona Beach, Florida, for Petitioner.
Jonathan D. Kaney, Jr. and Jonathan D. Kaney, III, of Cobb Cole & Bell, Daytona Beach, Florida, for Respondent.
William A. Bell, Tallahassee, Florida, for Florida Hospital Association, Amicus Curiae.
Neil H. Butler of Butler & Long, Tallahassee, Florida, John E. Thrasher, Timothy W. Volpe and Leslie A. Wickes of Smith, Hulsey & Busey, Jacksonville, Florida, and Karen Peterson, Tallahassee, Florida, for The Association of Community Hospitals and Health Systems of Florida, Inc., Amicus Curiae.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Patricia R. Gleason, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, for State of Florida, Amicus Curiae.
David S. Bralow, Carol Jean LoCicero and James B. Lake of Holland & Knight LLP, Tampa, Florida, for Fernandina Beach News-Leader, Inc., et al., Amici Curiae.
Patricia Fields Anderson of Rahdert, Anderson, McGowan & Steele, P.A., St. Petersburg, Florida, for Times Publishing Company and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Florida, Inc., Amici Curiae.
Emeline C. Acton, Hillsborough County Attorney, and Mary Helen Campbell, Assistant County Attorney, Tampa, Florida, for Hillsborough County Hospital Authority, Amicus Curiae.
Richard A. Harrison of Allen, Dell, Frank & Trinkle, P.A., Tampa, Florida, and Frederick B. Karl of Annis, Mitchell, Cockey, Edwards & Roehn, P.A., Tampa, Florida, for Florida Health Sciences Center, Inc. d/b/a Tampa General Hospital, Amicus Curiae.
Supreme Court of Florida.
WELLS, J.
We have for review News-Journal Corp. v. Memorial Hospital-West Volusia, Inc.,695 So.2d 418 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997), in which the district court expressly construed article I, section 24 of the Florida Constitution. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.
This case involves the construction and application of article I, section 24(a) (access to public records) and (b) (access to meetings of...
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