Legal Opinion
Jones v. Miami Herald Media Co.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided August 29, 2016No. 1D16-1906PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWetherell, J.
In this public records case, the Department of Corrections and its Secretary (collectively “DOC”) appeal an order requiring them to “specify, on a redaction by redaction basis, the statutory exemption(s) asserted for each redaction made” in the records provided in response to Appellees’ public records request. We reverse for the reasons that follow.
Factual and Procedural Background
DOC provided heavily redacted records to Appellees in response to a public records request. See § 119.07(l)(d), Fla. Stat. (2014) (“A person who has custody of a public record who asserts that an exemption applies…
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