STATE EX REL. SCIOTO DOWNS, INC. v. BRUNNER

No. 2009-1294.

123 Ohio St.3d 24 (2009)

2009-Ohio-3761

THE STATE EX REL. SCIOTO DOWNS, INC. et al. v. BRUNNER, SECY. OF STATE, et al.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 31, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bricker & Eckler, L.L.P., Luther L. Liggett Jr., Anne Marie Sferra, and Vladimir P. Belo, for relators.

Richard Cordray, Attorney General, and Aaron D. Epstein, Michael J. Schuler, and Richard N. Coglianese, Assistant Attorneys General, for respondent Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner.

D. Michael Haddox, Muskingum County Prosecuting Attorney, and Walter K. Chess Jr., Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for respondent Muskingum County Board of Elections.

Schottenstein, Zox & Dunn Co., L.P.A., Alan G. Starkoff, Matthew L. Fornshell, and Matthew T. Green; and McTigue & McGinnis, L.L.C., Donald J. McTigue, Mark A. McGinnis, and J. Corey Colombo, for intervening respondents.


Per Curiam.

{¶ 1} This is a purported challenge under Section 1g, Article II of the Ohio Constitution and an original action for a writ of mandamus seeking an order to compel the secretary of state and a board of elections to (1) investigate violations of Ohio election law by circulators of a statewide initiative petition and (2) invalidate certain part-petitions with these violations or issue an order to compel the secretary of state to command...

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