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MATHIS v. CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY

No. 82-1809.

9 Ohio St. 3d 199 (1984)

MATHIS ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY ET AL., APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided February 22, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Bruner & Shafran, Mr. Steven M. Weiss and Mr. Michael Shafran, for appellants.

Dyson, Schmidlin & Foulds Co., L.P.A., Mr. Robert Foulds and Mr. James J. Dyson, for appellee Cleveland Public Library.

Mansour, Gavin, Gerlack & Manos Co., L.P.A., Mr. Jeffrey L. Tasse and Mr. Jeffrey M. Embleton, for appellee Morrison Company.

SWEENEY, J.

The first question presented in this appeal is whether the library may successfully assert a sovereign immunity defense. The second question is whether Morrison was entitled to summary judgment.

In Schenkolewski v. Metroparks System (1981), 67 Ohio St.2d 31 [21 O.O.3d 19], this court abrogated the sovereign immunity formerly enjoyed by a board of commissioners of a park district, a political...

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