State ex rel. Mason v. Supervisor of Edn.

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 2013

Syllabus

Public record; request; mandamus; writ; statutory damages; custodian; public office; exception; affidavit; mootness; existing record. The respondent had no duty to produce records that either did not exist or were not clearly described by the relator. The relator's mandamus claim is moot as to the records that were produced prior to the filing of this action. However, the relator is entitled to a writ of mandamus ordering the respondent to disclose the requested educational records because the respondent failed to demonstrate that those records were exempt from public-records disclosure. The relator is entitled to statutory damages in the amount of $1,000.