An appeals court blocked a lawsuit aimed at requiring Gov. Rick Scott to disclose more information about his financial assets, saying such issues should be handled by the Florida Commission on Ethics.

Scott, the wealthiest governor in state history, took the issue to the First District Court of Appeal after a Leon County circuit judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Tallahassee attorney Donald Hinkle. The case centered, in part, on whether Scott should have provided more information about assets in a blind trust when filing state financial-disclosure forms.

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