SOGG v. ZURZ

No. 2007-1452.

121 Ohio St.3d 449 (2009)

2009-Ohio-1526

SOGG, EXR., APPELLANT, v. ZURZ, DIR., APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided April 8, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thompson Hine, L.L.P., and William C. Wilkinson; Futterman, Howard, Watkins, Wylie & Ashley, Chtd., John R. Wylie, and Charles R. Watkins; and Susman, Heffner & Hurst, L.L.P., Glenn L. Hara, and Arthur T. Susman, for appellant.

Richard Cordray, Attorney General, Benjamin C. Mizer, Solicitor General, and William J. Cole and John T. Williams, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.


PFEIFER, J.

{¶ 1} The issue before this court is whether the first sentence of R.C. 169.08(D), which provides that "[i]nterest is not payable to claimants of unclaimed funds held by the state," is constitutional. We conclude that it is not.

Background

{¶ 2} Appellee, the director of commerce of the state of Ohio, now Kimberly Zurz, supervises and administers the Division of Unclaimed Funds, pursuant...

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