STATE EX REL. SUMMERS v. FOX

No. 2018-0959.

169 N.E.3d 625 (2020)

163 Ohio St.3d 217

2020-Ohio-5585

[The STATE EX REL.] SUMMERS v. FOX, Pros. Atty., et al.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 10, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Santen & Hughes and H. Louis Sirkin , Cincinnati, for relator.

Zashin & Rich Co., L.P.A., Drew C. Piersall , Dayton, and Jonathan J. Downes , Columbus; and Mathew K. Fox , Mercer County Prosecuting Attorney, and Amy B. Ikerd , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for respondents.

Ohio Crime Victim Justice Center and Elizabeth A. Well , for intervening respondent, J.K.

Rittgers & Rittgers, Konrad Kircher , and Ryan J. McGraw , Lebanon, urging denial of the writ for amici curiae National Crime Victim Law Institute, Ohio Domestic Violence Network, and Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence.

Kooperman, Mentel, Ferguson & Yaross, Ltd., Sean A. Mentel Columbus, Katherine C. Ferguson , and Lindsay M. Nelson , urging denial of the writ for amicus curiae Buckeye State Sheriffs' Association.

Sherri Bevan Walsh , Summit County Prosecuting Attorney, and Jacquenette S. Corgan , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, urging denial of the writ for amicus curiae Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association.


{¶ 1} Relator, Charles A. Summers, seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the production of public records by respondents, Mercer County Prosecuting Attorney Matthew Fox and Mercer County Sheriff Jeff Grey (collectively, "the county"). We grant the writ in part and deny it in part....

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