Times Publ’g Co. v. City of Clearwater, 830 So.2d 844 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)

Key Insight: Email stored in government computers does not automatically become public records by virtue of that storage; private or personal email fell outside the statutory definition of “public records”

Nature of Case: Newspaper sued city to release as public record all email sent from or received by two city employees

Electronic Data Involved: Email