Case Name: The State ex rel. The Plain Dealer Publishing Company v. City of Cleveland
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1996-08-21
Citations: 76 Ohio St. 3d 1218
Docket Number: No. 95-594
Parties: The State ex rel. The Plain Dealer Publishing Company v. City of Cleveland.
Judges: Moyer, C.J., Resnick, F.E. Sweeney and Cook, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 76
Pages: 1218–1219

Head Matter:
The State ex rel. The Plain Dealer Publishing Company v. City of Cleveland.
[Cite as State ex rel Plain Dealer Publishing Co. v. Cleveland (1996), 76 Ohio St.3d 1218.]
(No. 95-594
— Submitted July 10, 1996
— Decided August 21, 1996.)

Opinion:
On Application for Costs and Attorney Fees.
This matter is before the court on the application of the relator, Plain Dealer Publishing Company, for attorney fees and costs pursuant to R.C. 149.43, in the total amount of $71,896.64.
Of the requested amounts the following portions are denied: $14,818.75 in attorney fees incurred after August 3, 1995 which are unsupported by any detail; $4,378.75 for fee application preparation; and $7,329.09 and $2,478.80, respectively, for litigation and deposition expenses as not being within the ambit of R.C. 149.43(C) and not within the definition of "costs." Relator is entitled to a refund of the $100 security deposit and $40 docket fee as costs, since they are specifically taxable as costs. S.Ct.Prac.R. XV(1) and (2).
Therefore, relator is allowed its attorney fees in the amount of $42,891.25 and a refund of costs in the amount of $140. Relator's motion to amend its application for fees is denied as being moot.
Moyer, C.J., Resnick, F.E. Sweeney and Cook, JJ., concur.
Douglas, J., concurs in part and dissents in part.
Pfeifer, J., dissents.
Stratton, J., not participating.