State ex rel. Dreamer v. Mason

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from a judgment granting a writ of mandamus in favor of certain elections board employees to compel a county prosecutor to provide access to files relating to the 2004 general election and recount based upon the board’s waiver of its attorney-client privilege regarding these files. Because appellees disclaimed any entitlement to these records under R.C. 149.43, the *191Public Records Act, they have or had adequate remedies in the ordinary course of law to obtain these files in order to defend against criminal charges. Therefore, we reverse that portion of the judgment of…