State ex rel. Fair Hous. Opportunities of Northwest Ohio v. Ohio Fair Plan

Citations

• 2022 Ohio 385

Syllabus

The objections filed by Respondent OFP are overruled and the objection filed by Relator Fair Housing are overruled. The magistrate properly found that OFP is a public office for purposes of the Public Records Act and therefore must respond to Fair Housing's public records request by providing all records not otherwise exempt from disclosure pursuant to the statute. We modify the magistrate's decision to reflect that on page eight, in the second full paragraph, the phrase \all other documents are public records\ should instead be \all other records are public records\, and further modify the decision to reflect that both conditions of R.C. 149.43(C)(2)(a) and (b) have been met so as to decline to award statutory damages. As so modified, we otherwise adopt the magistrate's decision as our own, including the findings of fact and conclusions of law contained therein. Accordingly, we grant relator's request for a writ of mandamus.