State ex rel. Milo's Beauty Supply Co. v. State Board of Cosmetology

The issue presented is whether the records to which relator seeks access are “public records” under R. C. 149.43, and thus are required to be available for inspection and copying. This court, in State, ex rel. Grosser, v. Boy (1975), 42 Ohio St. 2d 498, relying on the definition pf “public record” in R. C. 149.43, stated:

* * [T]he General Assembly defined, with certain exceptions, ‘public record’ as ‘any record required to be kept by any governmental unit.’ Therefore, if the records in question in the instant case are specifically required to be kept by law, the availability for inspection is…