In the case of State ex rel. Ames v. Baker, Dublikar, Beck, Wiley & Mathews, 2022-Ohio-171, the Eleventh District Court of Appeals dismissed a petition for a writ of mandamus in public records request action.
Here, the realtor sought to compel the respondents to provide unredacted copies of invoices for legal services.
The Court of Appeals reasoned since the petitioners were already provided with copies of the requested documents which were properly redacted based on attorney-client privileged information, the writ of mandamus must be dismissed. The Court of Appeals further reasoned that the realtor could not establish claims for damages since the documents were properly redacted.
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Authors: Matthew John Markling and the McGown & Markling Team.
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