STATE EX REL. v. JONES-KELLEY

No. 2006-2239.

118 Ohio St.3d 81 (2008)

2008-Ohio-1770

THE STATE EX REL. CINCINNATI ENQUIRER, A DIVISION OF GANNETT SATELLITE NETWORK, INC. v. JONES-KELLEY, DIR.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided April 17, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Graydon, Head & Ritchey, L.L.P., John C. Greiner, and Jeffrey B. Allison, for relator.

Marc Dann, Attorney General, William P. Marshall, Solicitor General, Elise Porter, Deputy Solicitor, Henry G. Appel, Assistant Solicitor, and Jeffrey W. Clark, Senior Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

Randall B. Muth, urging denial of the writ for amici curiae Public Children Services Association of Ohio and County Commissioners' Association of Ohio.

Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, L.L.P., and Kathleen M. Trafford, urging denial of the writ for amici curiae Ohio Association of Child Caring Agencies and Ohio Family Care Association.


O'DONNELL, J.

{¶ 1} This is an original action for a writ of mandamus to compel the director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services ("ODJFS") to provide access to an electronic copy of a database of the names and addresses of certified foster caregivers in the state. Because the director failed to meet her burden to establish that the requested record is excepted from disclosure...

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