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STATE EX REL. WLWT-TV5 v. LEIS

No. 96-141.

77 Ohio St.3d 357 (1997)

THE STATE EX REL. WLWT-TV5 v. LEIS, SHERIFF, ET AL.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided January 22, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Joseph T. Deters, Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, and William E. Breyer, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for respondents.

Per Curiam.

WLWT seeks a writ of mandamus compelling respondents to provide access to the requested records. Mandamus is the appropriate remedy to compel compliance with R.C. 149.43, Ohio's Public Records Act. State ex rel. Master v. Cleveland (1996), 75 Ohio St.3d 23, 28, 661 N.E.2d 180, 184 ("Master I"). "Exceptions to disclosure are strictly construed against the custodian of the public records, and...

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