STATE EX REL. WALGATE v. KASICH

No. 2013-0656.

147 Ohio St.3d 1 (2016)

2016-Ohio-1176

THE STATE EX REL. WALGATE ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. KASICH, GOVERNOR, ET AL., APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided March 24, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Black, McCuskey, Souers & Arbaugh, Thomas W. Connors , and James M. Wherley , for appellants.

Michael DeWine , Attorney General, Eric E. Murphy , State Solicitor, Michael J. Hendershot , Chief Deputy Solicitor, and Stephen P. Carney , Deputy Solicitor, for appellees Governor John R. Kasich, Ohio Casino Control Commission, Ohio Lottery Commission, and Tax Commissioner Joseph W. Testa.

Calfee, Halter & Griswold, L.L.P., Christopher S. Williams , James F. Lang , Matthew M. Mendoza , Alexander B. Reich , and Lindsey E. Sacher , for appellees Rock Ohio Caesars, L.L.C., Rock Ohio Caesars Cleveland, L.L.C., and Rock Ohio Caesars Cincinnati, L.L.C.

Ice Miller, L.L.P., Matthew L. Fornshell , John H. Oberle , and Albert G. Lin , for appellees Central Ohio Gaming Ventures, L.L.C., and Toledo Gaming Ventures, L.L.C.

Dinsmore & Shohl, L.L.P., and Alan H. Abes , for appellee Thistledown Racetrack, L.L.C.

Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, L.L.P., Charles R. Saxbe , James D. Abrams , Irv Berliner , and Celia M. Kilgard , for appellees Northfield Park Associates, L.L.C., Lebanon Trotting Club, Inc., MTR Gaming Group, Inc., and PNK (Ohio), L.L.C.

Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, L.L.P., Tami Hart Kirby , William G. Deas , and L. Bradfield Hughes , urging affirmance for amici curiae the Dayton Chamber of Commerce, the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber, the Seafarers Entertainment and Allied Trades Union, the Affiliated Construction Trades Ohio Foundation, and the Lebanon City School District.

Paul Langon Cox III , urging affirmance for amicus curiae the Fraternal Order of Police of Ohio, Inc.

O'CONNOR, C.J., and DEGENARO, J., concur in the foregoing opinion.


{¶ 1} This action raises a variety of challenges to recently enacted legislation and administrative rules related to gambling in the state, both at casinos and at race tracks, but the questions before us involve only the existence or nonexistence of standing and the requirements...

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