Woodman v. City of Lakewood

Plaintiff Robert P. Woodman appeals from a summary judgment for the defendant city and its law director, William E. Blackie, Jr., in this mandamus action for the disclosure of a public document under the Ohio Public Records Law, R.C. 149.43. Because the defendants released the contested document prior to the disposition of their motion, the plaintiff seeks only to enforce the prescribed forfeiture penalty for the defendant’s dilatory disclosure. See former R.C. 149.99 (repealed during the pendency of this appeal in Section 2, Am. Sub. S. B. No. 275, 142 Ohio Laws_, eff. Oct. 15, 1987) (for…