Tolar v. School Bd. of Liberty County

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• holding that certain violations of open meeting law were cured where board’s subsequent vote in open session represented “independent, final action” and “was not merely a ceremonial acceptance” or “perfunctory ratification”
• interpreting virtually identical language of Fla. Stat. Ann. § 286.011(1) (West 1991) (amended 1995)
• “The Board’s action was not merely a ceremonial acceptance of secret actions and was not merely a perfunctory ratification of secret decisions at a later meeting open to the public.”
• Sunshine Law violations can be cured by independent final action in the sunshine that is “not merely a ceremonial acceptance . . . and ... a perfunctory ratification of secret decisions”

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