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State questioned record-keeping of GOP candidate for attorney general
Kentucky.com—July 1, 2011
Republican attorney general candidate Todd P'Pool has been warned twice by Kentucky officials for not keeping adequate records that justify the time he bills the state for working on child-support collection cases as Hopkins County attorney.
Detective in Widmer case to be questioned again about personnel file
Middletown Journal—July 15, 2011
Ryan Widmer’s defense attorneys couldn’t use former Hamilton Twp. Detective Jeff Braley’s false employment records against him, but attorneys in a civil lawsuit against him will.
Lowe’s agrees to pay federal government $90,000
Dayton Daily News—July 18, 2011
Lowe’s, the home improvement store retailer, has agreed to pay the federal government $90,000 and review three years of medical records for work-related injury claims at 24 southern and southwest Ohio stores, to settle complaints brought by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Lawsuit: CVG improperly awarded contract
Cincinnati.com—July 21, 2011
The complaint also accuses the airport board of violating Kentucky's open records laws in denying DeBra-Kuempel records it requested about how the contract was awarded, such as a final evaluation and ranking of the bidders.
Children’s Private Documents Made Public
WBNS-TV10—August 3, 2011
An investigation continued on Wednesday to determine the person who failed to destroy private documents from a foster care and left them sitting outside near a recycling bin on the north side.
Former Butler County Auditor Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison for Conspiracy ...
Media Newswire—August 3, 2011
CINCINNATI-Butler County Auditor Mary C. Rogers was sentenced in United States District Court to 24 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution to National City Bank in the amount of $4 million for conspiracy and filing a false income tax return.
Kentucky state social worker indicted for falsifying child abuse records
Louisville City Hall Examiner—August 4, 2011
Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway announced Wednesday that an Anderson County grand jury has returned an indictment against a former employee of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Community Based Services. The grand jury indicted 60-year-old Margaret “Geri” Murphy on nine counts of tampering with public records in connection with her role as a front-line employee investigating allegations of child abuse and neglect in Anderson County.
Federal prosecutors subpoena documents from Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority
Cleveland.com—August 4, 2011
A subpoena delivered to port officials last week ordered them to turn over a number of documents related to its dealings with Veterans Development LLC, a company that the port helped to finance $115 million of a project near the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center.
Judge: Ohio school operator must turn over records
Dayton Daily News—August 4, 2011
A judge in Ohio has ruled that a private management company that operates a group of publicly funded charter schools must turn over financial records requested by the schools' governing boards.
Clermont Co. judge releases contested Pierce Twp. records
Cincinnati.com—August 4, 2011
Clermont County Common Pleas Judge Victor Haddad today denied a request for a injunction to prevent the release of records relating to Police Chief James T. Smith.
Complaint: Documents being withheld by city officials
The [Lorain] Chronicle-Telegram—August 11, 2011
Joseph Montelon’s lawyer has complained to a federal judge that he’s not getting the cooperation he believes he is entitled to from the city of Lorain as he gathers information for the lawsuit Montelon filed over what he believes to be an illegal raid on his Wickliffe home nearly three years ago.
Oxford Press—August 12, 2011
State BMV officials say Ohio’s public records laws do not require local BMV-contractors to reveal how much they spend to operate their offices. The state BMV itself does not know, a BMV spokesperson said.
Public can’t view investigative reports on RTA rail accidents, under little-known state law
Cleveland.com—August 15, 2011
More than a year after an electrical mishap sent RTA riders scrambling out of a smoke-filled train car, the transit agency has yet to release reports on the accident's cause and steps taken to ensure it won't happen again. The reports are complete -- but the public can't see them.
Cadillac Ranch temporarily closed; IRS on scene combing through documents
wcpo.com—August 17, 2011
The Cadillac Ranch in Downtown Cincinnati is temporarily closed Wednesday as Internal Revenue Service agents comb through documents at the restaurant and bar. The IRS is there doing what appears to be an audit.
Pubic Records Cases
Rhodes v. New Philadelphia, Slip Opinion No. 2011-Ohio-3279
This case defined the term “aggrieved” as it applies to civil actions in records destruction cases. The court found that if the public office can show that the requester did not actually want the record, but merely brought suit to have the request denied that the requester was not “aggrieved.”
Decided July 7, 2011
State ex rel. Patton v. Rhodes, Slip Opinion No. 2011-Ohio-3093
This case determined that a public agency does not have an obligation to post public records on a website in response to a civil action.
Decided June 30, 2011
State ex rel. Striker v. Smith, Slip Opinion No. 2011-Ohio-2878
This case established that records in the possession of a judge are not accessible to the public until released by the judge.
Decided June 21, 2011
State ex rel. Am. Civ. Liberties Union of Ohio, Inc. v. Cuyahoga Cty. Bd. of Commrs.,
128 Ohio St.3d 256, 2011-Ohio-625
This case determined that Cuyahoga County’s TEC is not a “public body” according to ORC 121.22 and is therefore not obliged to release records to the public.
Decided February 16, 2011
State ex rel. DeGroot v. Tilsley, 128 Ohio St.3d 311, 2011-Ohio-231
This case determined that the home addresses of city retirees are not public records.
Decided January 26, 2011
Other Ohio Cases
State v. Everette, Slip Opinion No. 2011-Ohio-2856
This case determined that only the certified, written transcript of trial court proceedings constitutes a “transcript” under App.R. 9 and R.C. 2953.21(A)(2) when both a videotape recording and the written form of the proceedings are available.
Decided June 16, 2011