STATE EX REL. CINCINNATI FOR PENSION REFORM v. HAMILTON CTY. BD. OF ELECTIONS

No. 2013-1464.

137 Ohio St.3d 45 (2013)

2013-Ohio-4489

THE STATE EX REL. CINCINNATI FOR PENSION REFORM ET AL. v. HAMILTON COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS ET AL.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided October 10, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Langdon Law, L.L.C., David R. Langdon , and Joshua B. Bolinger ; and Finney, Stagnaro, Saba & Patterson, L.P.A., and Christopher P. Finney , for relators.

Joseph T. Deters , Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, and David T. Stevenson and Colleen M. McCafferty , Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for respondent Hamilton County Board of Elections.

Michael DeWine , Attorney General, and Kristopher J. Armstrong and Erin Butcher-Lyden , Assistant Attorneys General, for respondent Jon Husted.

McTigue & McGinnis, L.L.C., Donald J. McTigue , Mark A. McGinnis , and J. Corey Columbo , for intervening respondents Ohio Council 8 and Ohio Chapter 1184, AFSCME.

Minnillo & Jenkins Co., L.P.A., and Christian A. Jenkins , urging denial of the writ for amicus curiae Cincinnati Organized and Dedicated Employees, Inc.

John P. Curp , City Solicitor, and Aaron M. Herzig , Deputy City Solicitor, urging denial of the writ for amicus curiae city of Cincinnati.


Per Curiam.

{¶ 1} Relators, Cincinnati for Pension Reform and electors Douglas Robinson and Gary Greenberg (collectively, "CPR") qualified an initiative to amend the Cincinnati City Charter for the November 5, 2013 ballot. However, CPR objects to the ballot language adopted by respondent Hamilton County Board of Elections to describe the proposed amendment. CPR seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the board to adopt new ballot language...

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