12/20/2023

Case Caption Case No. Topics and Issues Author Citation
State ex rel. WTOL Television, L.L.C. v. Cedar Fair, L.P. 2022-0914Mandamus—Public-records requests—Police department that provides security, policing, and law-enforcement services at amusement park acts as functional equivalent of a public institution and therefore must respond to valid public-records requests related to those duties—Respondents failed to meet their burden to show that requested documents, to the extent they exist, are exempt from disclosure—Writ compelling production of certain requested documents granted—Statutory damages and attorney fees denied and court costs awarded.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2023-Ohio-4593
State ex rel. Martre v. Cheney 2023-0919Prohibition—Extraordinary relief in prohibition is not available to attack validity of an indictment—Inmate had adequate remedy in ordinary course of law by appeal to raise any claims of deficiencies in indictment—Court of appeals’ judgment granting judge’s motion to dismiss for failure to state claim in prohibition affirmed.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2023-Ohio-4594
12/20/2023 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings.