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Angela DeBose v. University of South Florida Board of Trustees

Paid petition · District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District, No. 2D20-594 · judgment March 10, 2021


Certiorari denied · November 8, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

  1. Whether the agency records at issue in this case are exempt from disclosure under any of the nine exemptions under the FOIA.

  2. Whether non-exempt agency records may be withheld when no FOIA fee is assessed or the fee has been waived or paid?

  3. Whether the Florida Freedom of Information Act, Fla. Stat. §119 et seq., violated the Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article IV of the Constitution by abridging access to public information in which the Petitioner had a direct, tangible, and personal interest.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Angela W. Debose

For respondent
Richard C. McCrea Jr.
Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Nov 08 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 20 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/5/2021.
  3. Sep 30 2021
    Brief of respondent University of South Florida Board of Trustees in opposition filed.
  4. Aug 22 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 30, 2021)