J & C Marketing, L.L.C. v. McGinty

{¶ 1} In this discretionary appeal from the Eighth District Court of Appeals, we consider whether information related to a criminal law-enforcement investigation is absolutely privileged against disclosure in a civil suit brought by the alleged target of the criminal investigation. Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney Timothy J. McGinty appeals from a judgment affirming in part the trial court’s order compelling him to produce in discovery in a civil action certain information related to a criminal law-enforcement investigation.

{¶ 2} We hold that the law-enforcement investigatory privilege is…