State ex rel. Snodgrass v. Trumbull Corr. Inst.

Summary

The Ohio Supreme Court granted a writ of mandamus ordering Trumbull Correctional Institution to produce records responsive to four public‑records requests and denied the relator’s claim for statutory damages. The Court held that the institution failed to meet its burden of showing that the requested records fell within any exemption under the Public Records Act. Consequently, the institution must disclose the records, and the statutory‑damage claim was waived.