State ex rel. Morgan v. Strickland

{¶ 1} This is an original action for a writ of mandamus to compel respondent, Governor Ted Strickland, to provide copies of certain records related to the governor’s education-funding plan. Because the requested records serve to “document the * * * functions, policies, decisions, procedures, operations, or other activities of the office” of the governor, see R.C. 149.011(G), particularly as they relate to his school-funding plan, we grant a limited writ of mandamus to compel the governor to continue reviewing the potentially responsive records and to provide copies of them to relator within a…