CITY OF CLEVELAND, Appellant,
v.
WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, Appellee.
Supreme Court of Ohio.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Submitted December 2, 2009.
Decided May 26, 2010.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert J. Triozzi, Cleveland Law Director, and Karyn J. Lynn, Assistant Law Director, for appellant.
Bricker & Eckler, L.L.P., Vladimir P. Belo, and Nelson M. Reid; and Shapiro, Van Ess, Phillips & Barragate, L.L.P., and Benjamin D. Carnahan, for appellee.
Richard Cordray, Attorney General, Benjamin C. Mizer, Solicitor General, and Alexandra T. Schimmer, Chief Deputy Solicitor General, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Ohio Attorney General.
Supreme Court of Ohio.
CUPP, J.
{¶ 1} The issue in this case is whether R.C. 2941.47 authorizes the trial of a corporation in absentia in criminal proceedings in municipal court. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that it does not.
I. Procedural History
{¶ 2} This appeal arises out of a trial in the Cleveland Municipal Court in which appellee, Washington Mutual Bank, was charged by affidavit or complaint with building- and housing...
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