City of Ocala v. Askew

The appellant mayor and members of the City Council of Ocala, together with the members of the School Board of Marion County, filed their amended complaint seeking a declaratory judgment as to the applicability of the “Sunshine Law”1 to these officials when engaged in private consultations with their attorneys in connection with impending and pending litigation. Material allegations set forth in the subject amended complaint are:

“(e) That following said closed meeting a complaint was filed by a reporter excluded from the meeting in the office of the defendant State Attorney charging said…