Seminole County v. Wood

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• explaining that the public records act supersedes lawyer-client privilege; the legislature, not the supreme court, regulates disclosure of such records
• \[C]ertiorari is the appropriate vehicle to review an order requiring a party to produce documents or disclose information for which a privilege is asserted.\
• \[C]ertiorari is the appropriate vehicle to review an order requiring a party to produce documents or disclose information for which a privilege is asserted.\
• public records belong to the client [governmental entity], not the lawyer, and therefore the legislature, and not the Supreme Court, regulates their disclosure
• Public Records Law is to be liberally construed in favor of open government; exemptions therefrom are to be narrowly construed and limited to their stated purpose
• Public Records Law is to be liberally construed in favor of open government; exemptions therefrom are to be narrowly construed and limited to their stated purpose

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