STATE EX REL. BEACON JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. v. KENT STATE UNIV.

No. 93-1056.

68 Ohio St.3d 40 (1993)

THE STATE EX REL. BEACON JOURNAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, APPELLANT, v. KENT STATE UNIVERSITY ET AL., APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 15, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roetzel & Andress Co., L.P.A., Ronald S. Kopp, Amie L. Bruggeman and Howard Groedel, for appellants.

Lee I. Fisher, Attorney General; Climaco, Climaco, Seminatore, Lefkowitz & Garofoli Co., L.P.A., Dennis R. Wilcox, Jack D. Maistros and Joseph M. Hegedus, for appellees.


Per Curiam.

We find that the court of appeals erred in exempting from release virtually all of the KSU investigative file and accordingly remand the case to the court of appeals for release of further documents.

The Ohio Public Records Act, R.C. 149.43, requires public officials to provide access to all public records upon request from a member of the public. State ex rel. Natl. Broadcasting Co. v. Cleveland (1988), 38 Ohio...

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