IRWIN I. WEISER, CHARLES F. HALFPENNY, STANLEY SCHWEIGER, BONNIE SCHWEIGER, ERIC BOOK, JULIET BOOK, HERMAN ROSE, RANDALL WILLIAMS, BETH WILLIAMS, ANTHONY NAPOLI, LEONARD ROSENBERG, AND TWIN ROSE PRODUCE CORP., A FLORIDA CORPORATION, APPELLANTS,

v.

ROBERT F. WUNKER, ESQ., AND ENGLISH, MCCAUGHAN & O'BRYAN, P.A., APPELLEES

Citator

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• Christy v. Palm Beach Cnty. Sheriff's Off., 698 So. 2d 1365 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997)
  …ial informant, a confidential source, or undercover personnel. § 119.07(3)(e), (e). The governmental agency claiming the benefit of these exemptions has the burden of proving its entitlement to them. Bayfield, v. City of Ft. Lauderdale Police Dep’t, 639 So. 2d 1012, 1015 (Fla. 4th DCA), rev. denied, 649 So. 2d 869 (Fla.1994); Florida Freedom Newspapers, Inc. v. Dempsey, 478 So. 2d 1128, 1130 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985). When an exemption from disclosure is alleged to exist under § 119.07(3)(c) or (e), the public recor…
• Woolling v. Lawson Lamar, 764 So. 2d 765 (Fla. 5th DCA 2000)
  …case require that the trial court hold an in camera inspection of the records. An agency asserting the benefit of an exemption has the burden of establishing its entitlement to that exemption.5 See Barfield v. City of Fort Lauderdale Police Dep’t., 639 So. 2d 1012, 1015 (Fla. 4th DCA), rev. denied, 649 So. 2d 869 (Fla.1994); Florida Freedom Newspapers, Inc. v. Dempsey, 478 So. 2d 1128 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985). The record in the lower court simply contains the assertions and the oral and written argument of counsel…
• City OF ST. Petersburg v. Romine, 719 So. 2d 19 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998)
  …Palm Beach Newspapers, Inc., 476 So. 2d 775, 779 n. 1 at 780 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985). The governmental agency claiming the benefit of an exemption bears the burden of proving its entitlement to the exemption. See Barfield v. Ft. Lauderdale Police Dep’t, 639 So. 2d 1012 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994). An individual’s reason for requesting a public record is irrelevant. See Warden v. Bennett, 340 So. 2d 977 (Fla. 2d DCA 1976). As the trial court’s order reveals, the basis for directing disclosure of the payment records regard…

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• Gutter v. Wunker, 631 So. 2d 1117 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994)
• Moss v. Zafiris, Inc., 524 So. 2d 1010 (Fla. 1988)