State ex rel. Lucas County Board of Commissioners v. Ohio Environmental Protection Agency

Oral Argument

The Ohio EPA requests oral argument because this case “raises important issues of the jurisdiction and procedure in the review of trade secret determinations of the Director.” Admittedly, this case raises the novel and important issue of whether the Ohio EPA Director’s trade secrets determination under Ohio Adm.Code 3745-49-03 and 3745-50-30 insulates those records found by the director to constitute trade secrets from an R.C. 149.43 public records action and restricts any challenge to the director’s trade secrets determination to an administrative appeal to the Environmental…