E. OHIO GAS CO. v. WOOD CTY. BD. OF ELECTIONS

No. 98-1699.

83 Ohio St.3d 298 (1998)

EAST OHIO GAS COMPANY v. WOOD COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS ET AL.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided September 11, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eastman & Smith, Ltd., James L. Rogers, Lane D. Williamson and Matthew D. Harper, for relator.

Alan R. Mayberry, Wood County Prosecuting Attorney, and Raymond C. Fischer, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for respondent Wood County Board of Elections.

Goldberg, Wurster & Hays and Thomas R. Hays, for intervening respondents.


Per Curiam.

East Ohio asserts in its various propositions of law that the board of elections acted in clear disregard of R.C. 519.12(H) by denying its protest and not invalidating the referendum petition. In extraordinary actions challenging the decision of a board of elections, the applicable standard is whether the board engaged in fraud, corruption, abuse of discretion, or clear disregard of statutes or other pertinent law. State ex rel....

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