Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Ealom v. Booth

Ohio Supreme Court

Decided March 27, 2025No. 2024-0688Published

1Opinion of the Court

[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 178 Ohio St.3d 306.] THE STATE EX REL. EALOM v. BOOTH. [Cite as State ex rel. Ealom v. Booth,

2025-Ohio-1025.] Mandamus—Public Records Act—R.C. 149.43—Public-records requester not entitled to writ, because he failed to present evidence to rebut respondent’s averment in affidavit that no responsive records exist for the first two public-records requests and because requester already has copies of records containing the information he asked for in his third public-records request—Writ and requests for statutory damages, court costs,…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Welsh-Huggins v. Jefferson Cty. Prosecutor's Office (Slip Opinion)Ohio Supreme Court · 2020
  2. Wachendorf v. ShaverOhio Supreme Court · 1948
  3. State Ex Rel. Miller v. Ohio State Highway PatrolOhio Supreme Court · 2013
  4. State Ex Rel. Data Trace Information Services, L.L.C. v. Cuyahoga County Fiscal OfficerOhio Supreme Court · 2012
  5. The State Ex Rel. Martin v. Greene.Ohio Supreme Court · 2019

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