Rea v. Sansbury

DOWNEY, Judge.

Appellant, Raymond A. Rea, filed a petition for writ of mandamus in the circuit court of Palm Beach County to require appellee, as Palm Beach County administrator, to make available for inspection and copying a certain public record, i.e., a telephone number, pursuant to Chapter 119, Florida Statutes (1985). The court entered a final order holding that as long as the county uses the number in question exclusively for county employee ready access to county business meetings it is not required to furnish the public with access to the number. The court held, however, that, if the…