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SPLC urges the Ohio State Supreme Court to hear an appeal in Gibson Bros. Inc. v. Oberlin College

May 19, 2022September 6, 2022 Mike Hiestand

Read the Amicus Brief The Student Press Law Center joined the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 16 other media companies and press advocacy groups in filing a brief urging the Ohio State Supreme Court to hear an appeal in Gibson Bros. Inc. v. Oberlin College. In March, an Ohio appellate court held… Continue reading SPLC urges the Ohio State Supreme Court to hear an appeal in Gibson Bros. Inc. v. Oberlin College

Ohio Supreme Court denies motion to dismiss private university police records suit

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March 12, 2015September 5, 2018 Mark Keierleber

The state’s highest court denied the private university’s motion to dismiss the case, which was filed in February 2014 after the university police department denied Anna Schiffbauer’s public records request for 47 individuals’ criminal reports.

Ohio high court rules that principals are not public officials

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June 10, 1999

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled on May 15 that publicschool principals are neither "public officials" nor"public figures" for the purposes of defamation law. The case began with the March 1995 firing of John McIntosh fromhis position as principal of East Canton High School.