753 So. 2d 1244 - Bryan v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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19 state decisions

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1. “generally viewed as a more humane method of execution”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Griffin v. State · 827 So. 2d 201 - Vining v. State

2. “Section 2. (1) The Legislature finds that it is a public necessity that all records of a private corporation and all meetings of the governing board of the private corporation be confidential and exempt from the public records and public meeting laws of this state when the private corporation leases a public hospital or other public health care facility from a public entity in accordance with the terms of this act. The Legislature further finds that private corporations have entered into such leases in reliance on the legal standard governing the application of the public records and open meeting laws to such lease agreements which was set forth in case law existing at the time of the transaction. That standard provided that such private lessees were not "acting on behalf of" the public entity and, therefore, not subject to the state's public records laws so long as the public entity did not retain control over the private lessee. No one factor was used to determine whether the public entity exerted control; instead a "totality of factors" was analyzed and the decision made on the balance of those factors. In a recent decision, however, the Fifth District Court of Appeal [2] has now applied the standard in a manner that may cause more lessees to be subject to public records and meetings requirements. The Legislature finds that the effect of the decision has been: (a) To create uncertainty with respect to the status of records and meetings under existing lease arrangements; an”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Baker County Press, Inc. v. BAKER COUNTY MEDICAL SERV., INC.

3. “it is a public necessity that the department records... remain confidential and exempt from public disclosure ... because to provide otherwise would in some cases conflict with other existing law or would reveal information that would jeopardize the safety of the guards, inmates, and others.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 821 So. 2d 388 - Campus Communications, Inc. v. Earnhardt