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STATE EX REL. FREEDOM COMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. ECFC

No. 98-711.

82 Ohio St.3d 578 (1998)

THE STATE EX REL. FREEDOM COMMUNICATIONS, INC., D.B.A. THE LIMA NEWS, v. ELIDA COMMUNITY FIRE COMPANY ET AL.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided August 12, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cory, Meredith, Witter, Roush & Cheney and Donald J. Witter; and John A. Bussian, for relator.

Spengler Nathanson P.L.L., James M. Sciarini, Teresa L. Grigsby and Douglas A. Spidel, for respondents.

Per Curiam.

We overrule respondents' motion to dismiss and grant Freedom a writ of mandamus to compel respondents to provide access to Chief Bailey's investigative report and termination letters. ECFC is a public office as defined by R.C. 149.011(A), and the records requested by Freedom are public records under R.C. 149.43, Ohio's Public Records Act.

We reject respondents' argument that because ECFC is a private, nonprofit corporation that...

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