In a long-running dispute that centers on the state’s Sunshine Law, a federal appeals court said the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida can delve into information about a police officer’s requests to use cellphone tracking devices.

The ruling by a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit stemmed, in part, from questions about whether Sarasota police detective Michael Jackson was acting as a state law-enforcement officer or as a special deputy U.S. marshal when he sought court orders allowing use of tracking devices.

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