STATE EX REL. McCLEARY v. ROBERTS

No. 99-316.

88 Ohio St.3d 365 (2000)

THE STATE EX REL. MCCLEARY, APPELLEE, v. ROBERTS, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided April 12, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cornell H. McCleary, pro se.

Janet E. Jackson, Columbus City Attorney, and Daniel W. Drake, Chief Counsel, for appellant.

Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, Mark R. Weaver, Special Counsel, and Lisa Wu Fate, Assistant Attorney General, urging reversal for amicus curiae Attorney General of Ohio.

Barry M. Byron, Stephen L. Byron and John Gotherman, urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Municipal League.


DOUGLAS, J.

The issue presented for our review is whether the Department's database containing certain personal, identifying information regarding children who use the City's recreational facilities is a public record subject to disclosure pursuant to R.C. Chapter 149, Ohio's Public Records Act. Subject to certain enumerated exceptions, a "public record" is defined by R.C. 149.43(A)(1) as "any record that is kept by any public office, including...

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