Newman v. Greater Columbus Arts Council

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 734

Syllabus

On objections, the Court overruled Requester's partial objections to a Special Master's Report and Recommendation and adopted the Report and Recommendation. The Court found that the Special Master correctly applied the functional equivalency test set forth in State ex rel. Oriana House, Inc. v. Montgomery, 2006-Ohio-4854. In accordance with the Special Master's recommendations, the Court (1) granted Requester's claim for the production of certain records, (2) ordered Respondent to file a written certification by a specified date that it produced these certain records to Requester, and (3) ordered that Requester was entitled to recover from Respondent the amount of the filing fee of twenty-five dollars and any other costs associated with the action that were incurred by Requester, excepting attorney fees.