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STATE EX REL. ROBINSON v. CUYAHOGA CTY. COMMON PLEAS CTY.

No. 95-2110.

75 Ohio St.3d 431 (1996)

THE STATE EX REL. ROBINSON, APPELLANT, v. CUYAHOGA COUNTY COMMON PLEAS COURT, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided April 17, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis G. Robinson, pro se.

Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Gregory B. Rowinski, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

Per Curiam.

We agree with the court of appeals. Since Sturges v. Longworth (1853), 1 Ohio St. 544, we have approved of a court of common pleas' appointing a guardian ad litem, literally a guardian for the case, who has no duties prior to the institution of a suit or after its termination but whose sole duties is to defend in a particular cause. Civ.R. 17(B) authorizes a court, as incident to its power to try a case, to order the appointment of...

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