Appeals Court Declines to Rule on Executive Privilege in DeSantis Public Records Case

Published on June 13, 2024

A Florida appeals court on June 12 declined to offer an opinion on arguments made by lawyers for Gov. Ron DeSantis that his administration can shield certain records from the public due to executive privilege. The unanimous ruling by Florida’s First District Court of Appeal relates to a lower court decision last year. “After denying the petition for procedural reasons, the [lower] court unnecessarily considered the merits of the petition and ruled the identities of the legal conservative heavyweights are protected by executive privilege,” First District Court of Appeal Judge L. Clayton Roberts wrote for the panel, in reference to the earlier decision....

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