Opinion
No. 98-543.
Submitted February 23, 1999.
Decided March 31, 1999.
APPEAL and CROSS-APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Butler County, No. CA97-05-102.
Leslie Blair Graden, for appellee and cross-appellant.
William M. Deters II and William J. Ennis, for appellant and cross-appellee.
Christina N. Smith, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Ohio Coalition for Open Government.
John E. Gotherman, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Ohio Municipal League. C. Bronston McCord III, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Ohio Township Association.
Kimball H. Carey and Katherine A. Francis, urging reversal for amici curiae, Buckeye Association of School Administrators and Ohio School Boards Association.
The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed. The judgment of the trial court is reinstated on the authority of State ex rel. Beacon Journal Publishing Co. v. Whitmore (1998) 83 Ohio St.3d 61, 697 N.E.2d 640.
MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur.