City of Tallahassee v. Florida Police Benevolent Association, Inc.
After two Tallahassee officers used lethal force in self-defense, the police union sought to block the City from releasing their names, invoking Marsy's Law (art. I, § 16(b)(5), Fla. Const.). The Florida Supreme Court held that Marsy's Law confers no categorical right for any crime victim to withhold his or her name from disclosure, quashing the First District's contrary decision and leaving statutory public-records exemptions intact.
Key facts
- Two Tallahassee police officers used lethal force in self-defense, and the police union sought to prevent the City from releasing their names.
- The union invoked Marsy's Law (art. I, § 16(b)(5), Fla. Const.) to argue the officers' names qualified as victim information protected from disclosure.
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Why it matters
This is the definitive Florida Supreme Court ruling on whether Marsy's Law shields names from public disclosure — a question that had generated widespread agency non-disclosure practices statewide. Counsel litigating… — full analysis with a trial
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