Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc. v. Chillicothe City School District Board of Education

This case, an appeal from the Ross County Court of Common Pleas, deals with R.C. 121.22, Ohio’s Sunshine Law. Appellee, the Chillicothe City School Board, faced a very serious budget deficit. At a regularly scheduled meeting on January 20, 1987, the school board voted to go into executive session. Appellant, Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc. (hereinafter “Gannett”), publisher of the Chillicothe Gazette, and the local teachers’ union sued the school board, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. The trial court found there had been no violation of R.C. 121.22, and that any defect…