State ex rel. WTOL Television, L.L.C. v. Cedar Fair, L.P.

Citations

• 174 Ohio St. 3d 376
• 237 N.E.3d 86
• 2023 Ohio 4593

Syllabus

Mandamus—Public-records requests—Police department that provides security, policing, and law-enforcement services at amusement park acts as functional equivalent of a public institution and therefore must respond to valid public-records requests related to those duties—Respondents failed to meet their burden to show that requested documents, to the extent they exist, are exempt from disclosure—Writ compelling production of certain requested documents granted—Statutory damages and attorney fees denied and court costs awarded.