State ex rel. Carpenter v. Tubbs Jones

Ohio Supreme Court
State ex rel. Carpenter v. Tubbs Jones, 1994 Ohio 466 (Ohio 1994)

State ex rel. Carpenter v. Tubbs Jones

Opinion

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The State ex rel. Carpenter, Appellant, v. Tubbs Jones, Pros. Atty., Appellee. [Cite as State ex rel. Carpenter v. Tubbs Jones (1994), Ohio St.3d .] Public records -- "Available for inspection to any person" -- R.C. 149.43(B) -- Mandamus -- Case dismissed because no designee came to inspect records. (No. 93-1676 -- Submitted December 7, 1993 -- Decided January 26, 1994.) Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, No. 64991.

Danny Carpenter, pro se. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Carol Shockley, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

Based only on the facts of this case, because no designee came to inspect the records, the judgment of dismissal of the court of appeals is affirmed, but not for the reasons given in the court of appeals' opinion. Moyer, C.J., A.W. Sweeney, Douglas, Wright, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney and Pfeifer, JJ., concur.

Reference

Status
Published
Syllabus
Public records - \Available for inspection to any person\" - R.C. 149.43(B) - Mandamus - Case dismissed because no designee came to inspect records."