YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - A Mahoning County magistrate has ruled in the City of Youngstown's favor on Thursday morning in a long battle against the Chill Can company.

For weeks, the city has been demanding documents from Chill Can developer, Mitchell Joseph and his company, eventually threatening to come after the more than $2 million given to Joseph to build the plant.

This led to Chill Can suing the city claiming that it gave the city everything it asked for. 

Currently, three buildings are sitting vacant on the city's east side, with the company blaming the pandemic and supply chain issues for the lack of progress.

Youngstown's Law Director, Jeff Limbian says Thursday's ruling gives Joseph and his lawyers one week to turn over the rest of the documents, and if they don't, the city wants them sanctioned.

"We just don't want any surprises when we get to trial and we need to understand the breadth and depth of the financial arrangements that [Joseph] made to make representations to the city in advance of the contract, preparing the contract and what has happened since then," Limbian said.

21 News has reached out to the Joseph Company for comment. The company repeatedly told us the project is still on track.

One lawyer, Brian Kopp said in a statement that he is "preparing to file motions addressing the language contained in the contracts with the city" and that "the time has come to get to the heart of the matter so that the project can move forward."