Legal Opinion

National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n v. Associated Press

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 1, 2009No. 1D09-4385PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtPadovano, J.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association appeals a final judgment requiring it to disclose certain documents to The Associated Press and other news organizations joined as plaintiffs in an action under Chapter 119, Florida Statutes. We find no error in the decision by the trial court. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment for the plaintiffs.

Records created and maintained by the NCAA are not generally subject to public disclosure. However, the documents at issue in this case were examined by lawyers for a public agency, Florida State University, and used in the course of the agency’s…

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