State Ex Rel. Mason v. State Employment Relations Board

While I concur in the judgment rendered today, I do not agree with the majority that, in reaching a judgment, we must overrule our earlier decision in Ohio Valley Mall Co. v. Wray (1995), 104 Ohio App.3d 629, 662 N.E.2d 1108. I still believe that only “any aggrieved person” has standing to assert a violation of R.C. 121.22, the so-called “Sunshine Law.” However, in the case before us, appellant clearly had standing as an aggrieved party, as he was a member of the decision-making body alleged to have violated the statute. Thus, appellant had not only participated in official activity imposed…