LINGO v. STATE

No. 97537.

2012 Ohio 2391

MICHAEL A. LINGO, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES, v. STATE OF OHIO, ET AL. DEFENDANTS [APPEAL BY RAYMOND J. WOHL, CLERK OF BEREA MUNICIPAL COURT, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT].

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County.

Released and Journalized: May 31, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Cuppage , Scott D. Simpkins , Climaco, Wilcox, Peca, Tarantino & Garofoli Co., L.P.A., 55 Public Square, Suite 1950, Cleveland, OH 44113, James N. Walters, III , City of Berea Director of Law, 31 E. Bridge Street, Ste. 302, P.O. Box 297, Berea, OH 44017-0297, for Raymond J. Wohl, Clerk of Court Berea Municipal Court, Attorneys for Appellant.

Ronald A. Mingus , Brent S. Silverman , Reminger Co., L.P.A., 1400 Midland Building, 101 Prospect Avenue, West, Cleveland, OH 44115-1093, for Thomas E. Day, Jr., Clerk of Court Bedford Municipal Court, et al., Colleen Moran O'Neil , Calfee, Halter & Griswold, L.L.P., 1400 McDonald Investment Ctr., 800 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114-2688, for Lindsay P. Jones, Former Clerk of Court, South Euclid Municipal Court, et al., Theodore A. Hamer, III , Law Director, Law Department, City of Kettering, 3600 Shroyer Road, Kettering, OH 45429; Adam C. Armstrong , Wayne E. Waite , Freund, Freeze & Arnold, 1800 First Third Building, 1 South Main Street, Dayton, OH 45402, for Andrea White, Clerk of Court Kettering Municipal Court, Amicus Curiae.

W. Craig Bashein , Bashein & Bashein Co., L.P.A., Terminal Tower, 35th Floor, 50 Public Square, Cleveland, OH 44113-2216; Paul W. Flowers , Paul W. Flowers Co., L.P.A., Terminal Tower, 35th Floor, 50 Public Square, Cleveland, OH 44113, Frank Gallucci, III , Plevin & Gallucci Co., 55 Public Square, Suite 2222, Cleveland, OH 44113, Patrick J. Perotti , Dworken & Bernstein Co., L.P.A., 60 South Park Place, Painesville, OH 44077, for Michael A. Lingo, et al., Mike DeWine , Ohio Attorney General, Holly J. Hunt , Frank M. Strigari , Assistant Attorneys General, Constitutional Offices Section, 30 East Broad Street, 17th Floor, Columbus, OH 43215-3428, for State of Ohio, Pearl M. Chin , Damian W. Sikora , Assistant Attorneys General, Constitutional Offices Section, 30 East Broad Street, 16th Floor, Columbus, OH 43215-3428, for State of Ohio, Department of Treasury, Attorneys for Appellees.

BEFORE: Cooney, J., Celebrezze, P.J., and Keough, J.


JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

COLLEEN CONWAY COONEY, J.

{¶1} Defendant-appellant Raymond J. Wohl ("Wohl"), the Clerk of Court of the Berea Municipal Court, appeals the trial court's certification of a class action against him, in his official capacity, and grant of a declaratory judgment, an injunction, and equitable restitution related to the alleged overcharge of court costs. Plaintiffs-appellees, Michael A. Lingo ("Lingo"), Gregory B. Williams...

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