SER HICKS v. CLERMONT CTY. BD.

No. 2021-0611.

219 N.E.3d 894 (2022)

171 Ohio St.3d 593

2022-Ohio-4237

The STATE EX REL. HICKS, Appellee, v. CLERMONT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 1, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barron, Peck, Bennie & Schlemmer Co., L.P.A., and Matt Miller-Novak , Cincinnati; and Kinsley Law Office and Jennifer M. Kinsley , Cincinnati, for appellee.

Isaac, Wiles & Burkholder, L.L.C., Mark Landes , Aaron M. Glasgow , and Dale D. Cook , Columbus, for appellant.

Faruki, P.L.L., Erin E. Rhinehart , and Christopher C. Hollon , Dayton, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Coalition for Open Government.

Dave Yost , Attorney General, Benjamin M. Flowers , Solicitor General, and Zachery P. Keller , Deputy Solicitor General, urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost.

Frost Brown Todd, L.L.C., Philip K. Hartmann , Yazan S. Ashrawi , Columbus, and Charles B. Galvin , West Chester; and Garry E. Hunter , General Counsel, Ohio Municipal League, urging reversal for amici curiae Ohio Municipal League, Ohio Township Association, Coalition of Large Ohio Urban Townships, County Commissioners Association of Ohio, Ohio School Boards Association, Ohio Association of School Business Officials, and Buckeye Association of School Administrators.


{¶ 1} Ohio's Open Meetings Act, R.C. 121.22 ("the OMA"), requires public bodies in Ohio to conduct all deliberations on official business in meetings that are open to the public. And the OMA states that it "shall be liberally construed" to meet that end. Id. However, no construction of the OMA, even a liberal...

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