Beacon Journal Publishing Co. v. City of Akron

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Beacon Journal Publishing Co. vs. City of Akron Number: 70 Ohio St. 3d 605; 1994 Ohio LEXIS 2407 Year: 1965 State: Ohio Court: {{{Court}}} Other lawsuits in Ohio Other lawsuits in 1965 Precedents include: Established no common law right to public access of meetings.

Contents 1 Important Precedents 2 Background 3 Supporters of the FOIA request 4 Criticisms of the FOIA request 5 Ruling of the court 6 Associated cases 7 See Also 8 External links 9 References

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Beacon Journal Publishing Co. v. City of Akron is a 1965 Ohio Supreme Court concerning open meetings.

[edit] Important Precedents

The finding in the case was that there is no common law right of public access to governmental meetings in^[1]

[edit] Background

[edit] Supporters of the FOIA request

[edit] Criticisms of the FOIA request

[edit] Ruling of the court

[edit] Associated cases

[edit] See Also

• Ohio Open Records Law

[edit] External links

[edit] References