STATE, EX REL, COLUMBIA GAS, v. KIROFF

No. 76-185.

46 Ohio St. 2d 397 (1976)

THE STATE, EX REL. COLUMBIA GAS OF OHIO, INC., v. KIROFF, JUDGE, ET AL.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided June 16, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Wallace R. Barnes, Mr. James L. Fullin, Mr. Thomas J. Brown, Jr., Hayward, Cooper, Straub, Walinski, Cramer & Co., L. P. A., Mr. John F. Hayward, Mr. T. Scott Johnston, Messrs. Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Mr. Thomas P. Mulligan and Mr. Michael G. Marting, for relator.

Mr. Harry Friberg, prosecuting attorney, Mr. John J. Burkhart, Mr. Joseph Goldberg and Mr. R. Michael Frank, for respondent Judge George N. Kiroff.

Mr. George C. Smith, prosecuting attorney, Mr. William B. Shimp and Mr. Louis E. Evans, for respondent Judge William T. Gillie.


Per Curiam.

The principal question presented is whether a Court of Common Pleas has jurisdiction to consider the lawfulness of rates being charged by a public utility.

R. C. 4903.12 states "[n]o court other than the Supreme Court shall have power to review, suspend or delay any order made by the Public Utilities Commission * * *."

In State, ex rel. Northern Ohio Telephone Co., v. Winter (1970), 23 Ohio St.2d...

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