Rhodes v. City of New Philadelphia

Introduction

{¶ 1} The issue in this appeal is the meaning of the term “aggrieved” as it is used in R.C. 149.351. 1 The question presented is whether a party automatically becomes aggrieved as a matter of law when his request for a public record is denied due to an improper disposition of the record. We hold that a party is not aggrieved by the destruction of a record when the party’s objective in requesting the record is not to obtain the record but to seek a forfeiture for the wrongful destruction of the record. We therefore reverse the judgment of the Fifth District Court of Appeals.

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