Legal Opinion
State, ex rel. Copeland v. Cartwright
Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Broward County
Decided October 13, 1972No. 72-6050PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEWART F. LaMOTTE, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Opinion and order: This is a mandamus action brought by Mary Sue Copeland, a citizen of the state of Florida and a reporter for the Miami Herald. The respondents are public servants employed as city manager, planning technician and city clerk by the city of Pompano Beach, a municipality of the state of Florida. Petitioner seeks to inspect certain documents in the possession of one or more of the respondents. §119.01, Florida Statutes, directs that “all state, county and municipal records shall ... be open for a personal inspection by any citizen of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Lee v. Beach Publishing Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1937
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