J & C Marketing, L.L.C. v. McGinty

{¶ 24} I respectfully dissent.

{¶ 25} Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney Timothy J. McGinty appeals from a judgment of the Eighth District Court of Appeals affirming the trial court’s order compelling the state to produce certain confidential law-enforcement investigatory records in response to a discovery request filed by J & C Marketing, L.L.C., which had filed a declaratory judgment action in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court case No. CV-12-784234 seeking a declaration that its Internet sweepstakes cafés do not promote illegal gambling.

{¶ 26} At issue in this case is the law-enforcement…