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open meeting requirement in Florida

6 Florida opinions name it 2 courts 1976–2019 0 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Florida courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (3)

CaseFollowedCited
Zorc v. City of Vero Beachgreen
fladistctapp · 1998 · cited in 1 Florida opinions naming this issue, 2019–2019
1 sentence

2019See Zorc, 722 So. 2d at 896 .

11
Anderson v. City of St. Pete Beachgreen
fladistctapp · 2014 · cited in 1 Florida opinions naming this issue, 2018–2018
1 sentence

2018Pete Beach, 161 So. 3d 548, 552 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014), there is a limited exemption from the open meeting requirement for meetings between a public body and its attorney.

11
Hough v. Stembridgegreen
fladistctapp · 1973 · cited in 1 Florida opinions naming this issue, 2010–2010
1 sentence

2010As a hallmark of open meeting law, a covered governmental entity must provide reasonable notice of, and continuing public access to, its “meetings ... at which official acts are to be taken.” § 286.011(1), Fla. Stat. (2006); see Hough v. Stembridge, 278 So.2d 288, 291 (Fla. 3d DCA 1973) (stating that reasonable notice is necessary for a public meeting to be truly public under section 286.011).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Florida. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (4)

CaseCitedYears
Bassett v. Braddock green
fla · 1972
1 sentence

1995Similarly, in Bassett v. Braddock, 262 So.2d 425 (Fla. 1972), an open meeting violation of using a secret ballot to elect a chairman or presiding officer was deemed *864 cured by a subsequent voice vote confirming the selection. 15.

11995–1995
Times Publishing Company v. Williams green
fladistctapp · 1969
1 sentence

1993Sincerely, Robert A. Butterworth Attorney General RAB/tjw 1 See, e.g., Times Publishing Company v. Williams, 222 So.2d 470 , 473 (2 D.C.A.

11993–1993
IDS Properties, Inc. v. Town of Palm Beach green
fladistctapp · 1973
1 sentence

1976IDS Properties, Inc. v. Town of Palm Beach, 279 So.2d 353 (Fla. 4th DCA 1973), affd., 296 So.2d 473 (Fla. 1974).

11976–1976
Town of Palm Beach v. Gradison green
fla · 1974
1 sentence

1976IDS Properties, Inc. v. Town of Palm Beach, 279 So.2d 353 (Fla. 4th DCA 1973), affd., 296 So.2d 473 (Fla. 1974).

11976–1976

Statutes the citing opinions construe

FL § 286.011 (5)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

Where else courts name it

CA 9 (1978–2023) OH 6 (1995–2008) FL 6 (1976–2019) ME 4 (1998–2016) MI 4 (1998–2024) WA 4 (2001–2001) MT 3 (2014–2021) HI 3 (2009–2026) AR 3 (1999–2006) NV 2 (1998–2006) TX 2 (2014–2015) IL 2 (2014–2014) WI 2 (1979–2018)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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