Salemi v. Cleveland Metroparks
Annotate this CaseRelator requested records for public golf courses operated by Cleveland Metroparks. Metroparks declined to provide the records, asserting that they were exempt from disclosure because they were trade secrets or protected by the attorney client privilege. Relator then filed this mandamus action. The court of appeals granted in part and denied in part the request for a writ of mandamus, concluding that Metroparks failed to establish that some documents were exempt from disclosure but that the remaining documents were either trade secrets or protected by the attorney client privilege. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the court of appeals did not err in denying Defendant’s motion to strike certain affidavits; (2) the court of appeals properly denied Relator’s request for a writ of mandamus with regard to the names and e-mail addresses of Metroparks customers; and (3) the court of appeals did not err by not conducting an in camera review of the documents Relator requested.
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