State ex rel. Scripps Howard Broadcasting Co. v. Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas

Relator contends in its second proposition of law that it is entitled to a writ of mandamus because the juvenile court’s denial of access based on Juv.R. 37(B) violates its constitutional rights. In order to be entitled to a writ of mandamus, relator must establish a clear legal right to the transcript, a clear legal duty on the part of the juvenile court to provide the transcript, and that relator possesses no adequate' remedy in the ordinary course of the law. See State ex rel. Carter v. Wilkinson (1994), 70 Ohio St.3d 65, 637 N.E.2d 1.

Judge Ferreri denied relator’s request to purchase a…