State ex rel. Quolke v. Strongsville City Sch. Dist. Bd. of Educ.

David Quolke, the president of the Cleveland Teacher’s Union, requested from the Strongsville City School District Board of Education the names and identification numbers of all teachers and replacement teachers employed by the Board during a teachers’ strike. The Board claimed that many of the records were not subject to disclosure, asserting that the names of the replacement teachers were not considered public record because of the threat of harm to those teachers. Quolke sued in mandamus in the court of appeals for the records. The court of appeals found for Quolke and ordered the Board to produce the names. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that, while there may have been a genuine threat to the replacement teachers’ well-being during the strike, the Board presented little evidence that there was any remaining threat to the teachers now that the strike was over. View "State ex rel. Quolke v. Strongsville City Sch. Dist. Bd. of Educ." on Justia Law