State ex rel. IdeaStream Pub. Media v. Cleveland

Citations

• 2021 Ohio 2842

Syllabus

R.C. 149.43 Public Records Act video records mootness production of records statutory damages costs bad faith. A request for writ of mandamus was denied as moot where the respondent released records responsive to a request that sought any videos that captured an officer-involved shooting that occurred on the premises of a public housing authority. The requester was not entitled to statutory damages because it failed to show that the request was delivered by certified mail, hand delivery, or electronic means. A request for costs was also denied because the court does not find that the city acted in bad faith when it withheld the video based on an argued exception to the Public Records Act.