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HAMILTON v. OHIO SAVINGS BANK

No. 92-2302.

70 Ohio St.3d 137 (1994)

HAMILTON ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. OHIO SAVINGS BANK, F.K.A. OHIO SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided August 31, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Sweeney Co., L.P.A., Robert E. Sweeney, Mark Wintering, Kevin E. McDermott and J. William Petro; Weiss, Kwait & Associates and Steven M. Weiss, for appellants.

Arter & Hodden, Hugh M. Stanley, Jr., Irene C. Keyse-Walker and Beth Whitmore; Marc W. Freimuth and Roy E. Lachman, for appellee.

Kristen E. Manos, urging reversal for amici curiae, United States Public Interest Research Group, Ohio Public Interest Research Group, and Consumer Federation of America.

MOYER, C.J.

The threshold issue is whether appellants' claims are time-barred, thereby divesting the trial court of subject matter jurisdiction. Section 1640(e), Title 15, U.S.Code provides: "Any action under this section may be brought in any United States district court, or in any other court of competent jurisdiction, within one year from the date of the occurrence of the violation. * * *"

The determinative question is what is meant by "occurrence of the...

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