STATE EX REL. GANNETT SATELLITE INFO. NETWORK, INC. v. CINCINNATI CITY COUNCIL

No. C-990806.

137 Ohio App.3d 589 (2000)

The STATE ex rel. GANNETT SATELLITE INFORMATION NETWORK, INC., d.b.a. The Cincinnati Enquirer, Appellant, v. CINCINNATI CITY COUNCIL, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, First District, Hamilton County.

Decided April 7, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Graydon, Head & Ritchey and John C. Greiner, appellant.

Fay Dupuis, City Solicitor, and Richard Ganulin, Assistant City Solicitor, for appellee.


PAINTER, Judge.

This is a case of statutory interpretation. The facts are not in dispute, and the only issue is whether the Charter of the City of Cincinnati allows the city council to meet in "executive sessions" that are closed to the public.

This is not a case about freedom of the press or open-meeting laws in general. Many governing bodies properly hold closed executive sessions, and the Ohio legislature...

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