STATE EX REL. CASTER v. COLUMBUS

No. 2014-1621.

151 Ohio St.3d 425 (2016)

2016-Ohio-8394

THE STATE EX REL. CASTER v. THE CITY OF COLUMBUS ET AL.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 28, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Gittes Law Group, Frederick M. Gittes , and Jeffrey P. Vardaro , for relator.

Richard C. Pfeiffer Jr. , Columbus City Attorney, and Paula J. Lloyd , Assistant City Attorney, for respondents.

Baker & Hostetler, L.L.P., David L. Marburger , and Melissa A. DeGaetano , urging granting of the writ for amicus curiae Ohio Coalition for Open Government.

Soumyajit Dutta ; and Covington & Burling, L.L.P., Ashley E. Bass , and David J. Shaw , urging granting of the writ for amicus curiae the Innocence Network.


{¶ 1} This public-records case involves an attempt by an independent entity to obtain certain law-enforcement records concerning a convicted criminal defendant whose direct appeals ended more than four years prior to the making of the request for public records. We hold that the exception from the required disclosure...

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