STATE EX REL. NELSON v. FUERST

No. 91-2099.

66 Ohio St.3d 47 (1993)

THE STATE EX REL. NELSON, APPELLEE, v. FUERST, CLERK, ET AL., APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided March 10, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl A. Nelson, Sr., pro se.

Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Prosecuting Attorney, Patrick J. Murphy and Carol Shockley, Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for appellants.

Robert E. Sexton and Thomas P. Sexton, urging denial of the writ, for amicus curiae Ohio Clerk of Courts Association.


Per Curiam.

The issue presented for our review is: Did the court of appeals err in finding that respondents had a duty to mail public records on request? For the reasons that follow, we hold that R.C. 149.43 does not require custodians to mail either copies of public records or the records themselves. Accordingly, we reverse.

Respondents do not dispute that the records Nelson seeks are subject to public...

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