State ex rel. Boddy v. Xenia Community City School Dist. Bd. of Edn.

Citations

• 2026 Ohio 164

Syllabus

Public-records requests—Mandamus—E-mail distribution list that relator requested is a public record as defined in R.C. 149.011(G) because it is an item created by school district that documents its functions and procedures—State ex rel. Dispatch Printing Co. v. Johnson distinguished—School district failed to satisfy its burden to prove that list falls squarely within \state or federal law\ exemption from disclosure requirement of Public Records Act—Writ granted and relator awarded court costs, reasonable attorney fees, and $1,000 in statutory damages.