WELSH-HUGGINS v. JEFFERSON CTY.

No. 2019-1481.

170 N.E.3d 768 (2020)

163 Ohio St.3d 337

2020-Ohio-5371

WELSH-HUGGINS, Appellant, v. JEFFERSON COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided November 24, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Graydon, Head & Ritchey, L.L.P., John C. Greiner , Cincinnati, and Darren W. Ford , for appellant.

Jane M. Hanlin , Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

Faruki, L.L.P., Erin E. Rhinehart , and Christopher C. Hollon , Dayton, urging reversal for amici curiae Ohio Coalition for Open Government; Ohio Association of Broadcasters; Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press; The E.W. Scripps Company; Gannet Co., Inc.; International Documentary Association; Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University; The Media Institute; MPA—The Association of Magazine Media; National Freedom of Information Coalition; The News Leaders Association; Society of Environmental Journalists; and Society of Professional Journalists.

Mathias H. Heck Jr. , Montgomery County Prosecuting Attorney, and Nathaniel S. Peterson , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association.


{¶ 1} This case presents the issue of whether the video from an exterior courthouse security camera that captured the shooting of a judge as he was about to enter the courthouse through a nonpublic secured entry was a "security record" under R.C. 149.433(A)(1) and therefore exempt from release as a public record under...

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