State ex rel. Plain Dealer v. Cleveland

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State ex rel. Plain Dealer vs. Cleveland Number: 106 Ohio St. 3d 70, 831 N.E.2d 987 Year: 1996 State: Ohio Other lawsuits in Ohio Other lawsuits in 1996 Precedents include: This case, based on the separation of powers, rendered constitutional officers exempt from public records requests, but not the entire executive nor the executive offices of political subdivisions.

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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State ex rel. Plain Dealer v. Cleveland is a 1996 court ruling in Ohio about interpreting the Ohio Open Records Law.

[edit] Important precedents

The finding in the case is the doctrine of separation of powers may mean that Ohio's sunshine law does not apply to the records of the state's constitutional officers (Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Auditor, State Treasurer, and Attorney General) but any such doctrine about separation of powers does not mean that the law doesn't apply to mayors or other chief executives of political subdivisionsin the state.^[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