State ex rel. Shaughnessy v. City of Cleveland

Matthew Shaughnessy, an attorney who requests and reviews police incident reports, alleged that, on five different occasions, the City of Cleveland failed to produce copies of police incident reports in a reasonable amount of time, which he contended was eight business days. Shaughnessy asked the Supreme Court to order the City to respond to future requests within eight business days and also requested $1,000 in statutory damages. The Supreme Court denied the request for relief and the request for statutory damages, holding that Shaughnessy failed to show that the City had a clear legal city to produce, or that he had a clear legal right to receive, the requested records within eight business days. View "State ex rel. Shaughnessy v. City of Cleveland" on Justia Law