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No Right to Videorecord in Tax Collector's Office

Eugene Volokh | 6.19.2026 2:11 PM

From Patrick v. Pasco County Fla. Tax Collector, decided Tuesday by Judges Kevin Newsom, Andrew Brasher, and Frank Hull:

Plaintiff Lana Patrick is a self-described "Journalist/Activist." This case arises from Patrick's attempt to record a video inside the Pasco County Tax Collector's ("Tax Collector") office near Dade City, Florida….

"The First Amendment protects the right to gather information about what public officials do on public property, and specifically, a right to record matters of public interest." Smith v. City of Cumming (11th Cir. 2000). But the right to........

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