Ohio Capital Journal v. Pub. Util. Comm. of Ohio

Citations

• 2022 Ohio 4527

Syllabus

Public record R.C. 149.43 R.C. 2743.75 standing mootness timeliness voluminous ongoing production. Requester sought copies of \the subpoenaed material\ provided by respondent to the U.S. Department of Justice in a named action. The responsive materials were voluminous. Respondent attested it had produced approximately 110 gigabytes of records before this action was filed and was in the process of reviewing, redacting, and producing the remainder. The special master found requester had failed to counter respondent's attestation that it was in the ongoing, timely processing of the request and urged the parties to cooperate in production of the remaining records. The special master noted that the fact respondent had not yet violated R.C. 149.43(B)'s requirement of timely production did not preclude filing a new action upon proof of future unreasonable delay.