Supreme Court of Florida

A motion to transfer venue, filed simultaneously with a timely objection to personal jurisdiction, does not waive the jurisdictional objection; petitions to access public-but-confidential records, filed per Florida Statutes section 119.07(7)(a), require formal service of process; the home venue privilege does not apply where such petition seeks a determination of "good cause" for public access.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/05/2004
• Published 02/05/2004

Judges

• BELL, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Christopher M. Kise, Solicitor General, and Lynn C. Hearn, Deputy Solicitor General, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner., Gregg D. Thomas and Rachel E. Fugate of Holland & Knight LLP, Tampa, FL;  and George Freeman, The New York Times Company, New York, NY, for Amici Curiae The First Amendment Foundation;  The Tampa Tribune;  WFLA-TV News Channel 8;  Orlando Sentinel Communications;  New York Times Regional Newspapers on behalf of The (Lakeland) Ledger;  Sarasota Herald-Tribune, (Ocala) Star Banner, and The Gainesville Sun;  Florida Today;  News-Press;  Pensacola News Journal;  WTLV-TV;  WJXX-TV;  and WTSP-TV.


• For Appellees:
  
• John R. Hargrove and W. Kent Brown of Gordon Hargrove & James, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL;  and David S. Bralow, Senior Counsel/Florida Media, Tribune Company, Orlando, FL, for Respondent.