STATE EX REL. OUTLET COMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. LANCASTER POLICE DEPT.

No. 87-1708.

38 Ohio St. 3d 324 (1988)

THE STATE, EX REL. OUTLET COMMUNICATIONS, INC., APPELLANT, ET AL., v. LANCASTER POLICE DEPARTMENT, ET AL., APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided September 2, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, C. William O'Neill and Charles P. Hurley, for appellant.

John D. Huddle, law director, and Ted V. Russell, for appellees.


HOLMES, J.

The Public Records Law, R.C. 149.43(B), in pertinent part, provides that "[a]ll public records shall be promptly prepared and made available for inspection to any person at all reasonable times during regular business hours. * * *" More pointedly applicable to the questions of law presented here is the definition and exception section to this law, R.C. 149.43(A), which states in pertinent part:

"As used in this section:

"(1) `Public record...

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