State ex rel. Ames v. Regional Income Tax Agency Bd. of Trustees

Citations

• 2026 Ohio 2294

Syllabus

Mandamus—Public-records requests—Records request was essentially seeking a declaratory judgment, which is not within a court of appeals' original jurisdiction—A public office has no duty to provide records that do not exist or create new documents to satisfy a public-records request—Public office provided requested copies of its rules regarding notification of meetings, and court of appeals therefore correctly determined that public-records request was moot and requester was not entitled to statutory damages—Court of appeals' judgment affirmed.