KNIGHT NEWS, INC. v. UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA

Case No. 5D14-2951.

KNIGHT NEWS, INC., Appellant, v. UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, ETC., ET AL., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Opinion filed February 5, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Justin S. Hemlepp , of J.S. Hemlepp, P.A., Tampa, and Robert Rivas , of Sachs Sax Caplan, P.L., Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Charles T. Wells and Richard E. Mitchell , of GrayRobinson, P.A., Orlando, and Jeffrey T. Kuntz , of GrayRobinson, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for Appellees University of Central Florida Board of Trustees and Dr. John C. Hitt.

Carol Jean LoCicero and Mark R. Caramanica , of Thomas & Locicero PL, Tampa, Amicus Curiae, for the Student Press Law Center, First Amendment Foundation, Florida Press Association, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and WKMG-TV in support of Appellant.


Knight News, Inc. ("KNI") appeals from adverse orders entered on sixteen counts of its seventeen-count complaint filed against the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees and the university's president, Dr. John C. Hitt (collectively referred to hereinafter as "UCF").1

In its complaint, KNI...

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