Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Clay v. Cuyahoga Cty. Med. Examiner's Office (Slip Opinion)

Ohio Supreme Court

Decided November 30, 2017No. 2016-0387PublishedCited by 53 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtKennedy, J.

*163 {¶ 1} Respondent-appellant, Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office ("the ME"), appeals the judgment of the Eighth District Court of Appeals granting a writ of mandamus to compel the release of autopsy records to relator-appellee, Michael Clay, under R.C. 313.10(C)(1). The ME had argued that when R.C. 313.10 is read in pari materia with R.C. 149.43, the Public Records Act, it is clear that the ME had no duty to provide the records to Clay. The court of appeals denied the ME's motion for summary judgment and granted judgment as a matter in favor of Clay on the basis that the in pari materia…

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2Cases cited47 opinions

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  4. United States v. WiltbergerSupreme Court of the United States · 1820
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