CAROLYN K. HUTCHISON, APPELLANT,

v.

THOMAS J. HUTCHISON, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Weeks v. Golden, 764 So. 2d 633 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000)
  …uest until after an action has been commenced to compel compliance amounts to an unlawful refusal for purposes of section 119.12(1). E.g., Barfield v. Town of Eatonville, 675 So. 2d 223 (Fla. 5th DCA 1996); Wisner v. City of Tampa Police Department, 601 So. 2d 296 (Fla. 2d DCA 1992); Brunson v. Dade County School Board, 525 So. 2d 933 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988). Accordingly, on remand the trial court shall determine whether the State Attorney had any legally acceptable excuse for failing to respond to appellant’s pub…
• Mazer v. Orange Cnty., 811 So. 2d 857 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002)
  …al determination as to unlawful refusal, the only logical reason to require it after the documents have been handed over is to provide an avenue for an award of attorneys fees to the public record claimant. Wisner v. City of Tampa Police Department, 601 So. 2d 296 (Fla. 2d DCA 1992), supports this conclusion. In Wis-ner, the appellant filed a petition for mandamus against the city to enforce the public records laws. The court granted the city’s motion to dismiss, but gave the appellant the opportunity to obta…
• Off. of the State Attorney for the Thirteenth Jud. Cir. of Fla. v. Gonzalez, 953 So. 2d 759 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007)
  …s made. It is at the same time a means of compensating members of the public where a request for disclosure is frustrated when no specific exemption is involved. Id. at 744. In a somewhat similar vein, in Wisner v. City of Tampa Police Department, 601 So. 2d 296, 298 (Fla. 2d DCA 1992), this court held that an award of attorney’s fees under section 119.12 was appropriate when the agency failed to provide some of the records sought under the public records act, including a polygraph chart. The City justified…