STATE EX REL. MULTIMEDIA, INC. v. WHALEN

No. 89-1757.

48 Ohio St. 3d 41 (1990)

THE STATE, EX REL. MULTIMEDIA, INC., D.B.A. WLWT-TV5, v. WHALEN, CHIEF.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided January 10, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frost & Jacobs and Richard A. Goehler, for relator.

Richard A. Castellini, city solicitor, and Karl P. Kadon III, for respondent.


Per Curiam.

In State, ex rel. Natl. Broadcasting Co., v. Cleveland (1988), 38 Ohio St.3d 79, 526 N.E.2d 786, we held that in an open records case the respondent had the burden of proving that public records are excepted from disclosure. We find that respondent has not sustained this burden of proof and grant the writ.

Respondent raises multiple defenses in his answer, but briefs only two of them...

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