MIAMI HERALD PUBLISHING CO. v. LEWIS

No. 59392.

426 So.2d 1 (1982)

The MIAMI HERALD PUBLISHING CO., etc., et al., Petitioners, v. Royce R. LEWIS, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied March 2, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Parker D. Thomson, Sanford L. Bohrer and Richard J. Ovelmen of Paul & Thomson, Miami, James D. Spaniolo, Gen. Counsel, The Miami Herald, Miami, and Florence Beth Snyder, Gen. Counsel, Palm Beach Newspapers, Inc., West Palm Beach, for petitioners.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Lucy H. Harris, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondents.

Barry Scott Richard of Roberts, Miller, Baggett, LaFace, Richard & Wiser, Tallahassee, for The Florida Press Ass'n and The Florida Soc. of Newspaper Editors, amicus curiae.


ADKINS, Justice.

The matter before us has been certified as of great public importance by the Fourth District Court of Appeal in the case of Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Lewis, 383 So.2d 236 (Fla. 4th DCA 1980). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.

The questions certified are:

(1) HOW CAN THE TRIAL COURTS MEANINGFULLY INCLUDE THE MEDIA AT EVIDENTIARY HEARINGS CONVENED TO DECIDE WHETHER...

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