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Thursday, September 22, 2011
Ohio Supreme Court rejects Dayton Tea Party case
Without comment, the Ohio Supreme Court, in a 6-1 vote, on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Dayton Tea Party aimed at requiring the Ohio Municipal League and the Ohio Township Association to release records about their finances, operations and lobbying efforts.
The dissent came from Justice Robert Cupp, who said he would have granted an alternative writ, meaning he was open to being further briefed on the case.
The lawsuit, filed in June, grew out of a public records request from the Tea Party filed in an effort to find out more about the two groups’ opposition to repealing Ohio’s estate tax and support for increased spending for local governments.
The two groups argued that they were not subject to Ohio’s public records requirements.
“It was worth a shot,” said Rob Scott, Dayton Tea Party president. Filing the lawsuit at least “shed light” on the tax dollars that cities and townships were sending to the two “quasi-governmental” entities to lobby for more tax dollars.
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