Category: Case Updates

In the case of Easton Telecom Servs., L.L.C. v. Woodmere, 2019-Ohio-3282, an Ohio appellate court held that a two month period was not an unreasonable amount of time for a public office to respond to voluminous public record requests. In this case, a telecommunications company made a public records request seeking over a thousand pages […]

In the case of State ex rel. More Bratenahl v. Bratenahl, Slip Opinion No. 2019-Ohio-3233, the Ohio Supreme Court held that public bodies may not take official action by secret ballot. In this case, a city council voted on a new president pro tempore at a public meeting via secret ballot under the belief that […]

In the case of State ex rel. Ames v. Portage Cty. Bd. of Comms., 2019-Ohio-3237, an Ohio appellate court held that delayed start times for noticed meetings may not violate the Ohio Open Meetings Act – i.e. R.C. 121.22. In this case, the Portage County Board of Commissioners notified the public of the time and […]

In the case Krueck v. Youngstown State Univ., 2019-Ohio-3219, an Ohio appellate court held that a court of common pleas has the power to hear consumer claims of unfair or deceptive practices against a public university. In this case, a student enrolled in a nursing home administrator program at Youngstown State University after the university’s […]

In the case of Laborer’s Internatl. Union of N.A., Local Union No. 860 v. Cuyahoga Cty. Court of Common Pleas, Juvenile Div., 2019-Ohio-3190, an Ohio appellate court held that a unilateral change in mileage reimbursement under a collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”) must be arbitrated pursuant to that CBA. In this case, a common pleas court […]

In the case of Pilato v. Nordonia Hills City Schools Bd. of Edn., 2019-Ohio-3085, an Ohio appeals court held that a school district and its business manager were not liable for disability discrimination and retaliation after an employee resigned following a dispute over the employee’s misconduct while the employee was on approved leave. In this […]

In the case Ebersole v. City of Powell, 2019-Ohio-3073, an Ohio appellate court held that producing checks with redacted banking account information satisfies the requirements of the Ohio Public Records Act. In this case, the City of Powell produced copies of checks paid as part of a litigation settlement pursuant to a public records request. […]

In the case of Toledo Fedn. of Teachers v. Bd. of Edn. of the Toledo City School Dist., 2019-Ohio-3025, an Ohio appellate court held that an exclusion clause that merely requires prospective application of arbitration decisions to similar, not-yet-filed grievances did not, by its plain language, bar arbitration of a pending grievance. In this case, […]