In the case of Ames v Rootstown Twp. Bd. of Trustees, 2021-Ohio-1369, an Ohio Appeals Court held that an injunction issued regarding the Board of Trustee’s failure to comply with the Open Meetings Act required subsequent consideration for additional violations.
Here, an individual appealed an injunction, alleging that the injunction failed to address all the board’s violations under R.C. 121.22, including improperly conducting executive sessions and keeping inaccurate records.
The court agreed that an injunction should be issued to include the violations not addressed in the initial injunction, regardless of the board acting in good faith, and went on to state that multiple violations can be addressed in a single injunction.
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Authors: Matthew John Markling and the McGown & Markling Team.
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