November 2024

Florida Court Denies Sheriff’s Motion to Close Courtroom

By Sarah Papadelias

PUBLISHED IN: MediaLawLetter November 2024

TOPICS : Access / FOIA, Government Records

The Court found that the Sheriff had “failed to articulate any basis … to shield the video from public view or to exclude the media from the pretrial detention hearing.”

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