In re Grand Jury Presentment

SMITH, Chief Judge.

Respondents,1 four corporations operating industrial facilities in Duval County, were indicted by the grand jury for allegedly emitting noxious smells into the air causing a nuisance. In addition to the indictments, the grand jury returned a presentment which the respondents sought to repress. Petitioner, Florida Publishing Company, filed a petition for writ of mandamus in the trial court to compel release of the presentment by the circuit court clerk. In two separate orders, one addressing respondents’ motion to repress, the other addressing the petition for mandamus, the…