State ex rel. Musial v. City of North Olmsted

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from a judgment denying in part a request for a writ of mandamus to compel access to certain police and ethics commission investigative records.

{¶ 2} Appellant, Norman T. Musial, was the mayor of respondent city of North Olmsted, a principal in the Musial & Musial law firm, and the president of North Olmsted Foundation, Inc., during the pertinent period. North Olmsted owns the Springvale Ballroom Facility (“Springvale”), which it rents for private functions.

{¶ 3} In 2002, the North Olmsted Police Department conducted a criminal investigation of the city’s rentals of…