Welin v. Hamilton

Citations

• 2022 Ohio 2661

Syllabus

public record R.C. 149.43 court of claims R.C. 2743.75 non-record non-existent ambiguous overly broad revise. Requester sought copies of any and all records relating to four hydroelectric projects on the Ohio River. Respondent advised that it was a participant in only one of the projects and thus kept no \records\ documenting city activities relating to the others. Respondent denied all of the requests as ambiguous and overly broad. The special master found that records of the non-city projects were non-records of the city, and that all of the requests were ambiguous and overly broad in multiple, overlapping ways. The special master further found that the city had violated R.C. 149.43(B)(2) by not providing information as to how it maintained records to assist requester in revising the improper requests.