State ex rel. Clark v. Dept. of Rehab. & Corr.

Summary

The Ohio Supreme Court granted a limited writ of mandamus ordering the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction to provide the inmate’s requested public records, awarded $1,000 in statutory damages, denied court costs, and admitted rebuttal evidence. The Court held that the department’s failure to respond violated R.C. 149.43 and that a single transmission limits statutory damages to the statutory maximum.