VERNON v. WARNER AMEX CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

No. 85-932.

25 Ohio St. 3d 117 (1986)

VERNON ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. WARNER AMEX CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. ET AL., APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 23, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Knowlton, Sanderson, Ragan, Cady, Corbett & Drexler and Joseph C. McLeland, for appellants.

Harold K. Stubbs, director of law, and Caroline Williams, for appellee city of Akron.

Amer, Cunningham, Brennan Co., L.P.A., Jack Morrison, Jr., and Nickolas P. Andreeff, for appellee Warner Amex Communications, Inc.


Per Curiam.

Appellants contend that a legislative body cannot declare something to be a "public utility" which clearly is not. In support of this position, appellants rely on Greater Fremont, Inc. v. Fremont (N.D. Ohio 1968), 302 F.Supp. 652, 665, where it was stated in dictum that a CATV was not a public utility. Appellants essentially argue that R.C...

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