Ohio State University said it was going to release some information about the season’s ticket owners for their football and men’s basketball programs after the court dismissed the school’s appeal for an anonymous public request.
The University said that the 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 seasons for football season ticket holders will have surnames and places, as well as 2022-23 and 2023-24 for men’s basketball seasons. Information is provided to the nameless person who has submitted a university public record request for information.
August 18 The University sent an email. A letter to ticket holders, warning them that the information had been made public about the decision of the Tenth District Court and the Ohio Court.
The University set a person who filed the initial public record request as a “ticket reseller/broker”, who filed a claim against the University for refusing access to records in response to the request.
Ohio State University on August 18 He sent this message to the football and men’s basketball season ticket owners, warning them that limited information about their names and seats were issued for a court order.
Although the Law on Public Records of Nen Ohio in the University report allows anonymous requests.
According to the court, at first 2023. Initially, the information asked to include mail addresses, email. Email addresses and phone numbers for people who bought season tickets for those seasons. Initial requests were searched for information about donors at university that purchased season tickets, as well as faculty and employees.
Based on Ohio State publicly available ticket sales information to purchase or be on a season ticket waiting list, donation to the Buckeye Club is included in the price. This forces all ticket holders of the season at university.
A special court of Ohio’s lawsuits found that in Ohio state should be required to complete part of the record request. University would be allowed to edit information about students as well as ticket owners’ physical addresses and OSU identification numbers. The judge accepted a special Master’s report and ordered the university to forward the information.
Ohio’s state appealed against the tenth District Court of Appeal, which is hearing cases in Franklin County. December The Court of Appeal supported the university and expanded information that could be edited to include e -mail. Email addresses and phone numbers. The court stated that the information should not be public because it “revealed the sale of Ohio State tickets.”
“Any specific ticket owner’s mailing address, e -mail address or telephone number reveals a little about Ohio State’s activity on ticketing,” December in December. The judgment stated in the judgment of the Court of Appeal.
After submitting his initial request, the person appealed against this decision to the Ohio Supreme Court, who decided not to hear the appeal.
After being asked to rethink, July. The Ohio Supreme Court repeated his decision not to take the case. This decision meant that in Ohio, names and seats would be needed in the request of public records.
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This article initially appeared in Columbus Dispatch: Ohio State was forced to release football, basketball season ticket information in court