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STATE, EX REL. FOSTORIA DAILY REVIEW CO., v. FOSTORIA HOSP. ASSN.

No. 87-2055.

40 Ohio St. 3d 10 (1988)

THE STATE, EX REL. FOSTORIA DAILY REVIEW COMPANY, v. FOSTORIA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION ET AL.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided November 30, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baker & Hostetler and David L. Marburger, for relator.

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, H. Francis McDaniel, Jr., Timothy C. McCarthy and Robert A. Koenig, for respondents.

Baker & Hostetler and Susan M. Gilles, urging allowance for amicicuriae, Associated Press et al.

Anthony J. Celebrezze, Jr., attorney general, and Simon B. Karas, urging allowance for amicus curiae, Attorney General of Ohio.

Timothy D. Smith, urging allowance for amicus curiae, Common Cause/Ohio.

Bricker & Eckler, James J. Hughes, Jr. and Richard T. Taps, urging denial for amicus curiae, Ohio Hospital Association.

Per Curiam.

For the reasons stated below, we hold that Fostoria City Hospital is a public office whose public records must be disclosed by FHA. Therefore, we grant the writ.

This court held in State, ex rel. Fostoria Daily Review Co., v. Fostoria Hosp. Assn. (1987), 32 Ohio St.3d 327, 512 N.E.2d 1176, that mandamus is not available to one seeking public records because there is an adequate remedy...

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