City of North Miami v. Miami Herald Pub. Co.

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• ruling that state public records act does not exempt communications between attorneys and governmental clients, except during pendency of litigation
• reiterating that only the legislature can create such an extended exemption
• in construing legislation, it should not be assumed that the Legislature acted pointlessly or enacted meaningless legislation
• in construing legislation, it is not assumed that the Legislature acted pointlessly or enacted useless legislation
• communications between attorney and government-entity client belong to the client, not the lawyer
• s. 90.502 , F.S., which establishes an attorney-client privilege for public and private entities, does not remove communications between an agency and its attorney from the open inspection requirements of Ch. 119 , F.S.

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