DAYTON v. STATE

No. 2015-1549.

151 Ohio St.3d 168 (2017)

2017-Ohio-6909

THE CITY OF DAYTON, APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 26, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara J. Doseck , Dayton City Attorney, and John C. Musto , Assistant City Attorney, for appellant.

Michael DeWine , Attorney General, and Eric E. Murphy , State Solicitor, Michael J. Hendershot , Chief Deputy Solicitor, Hannah C. Wilson , Deputy Solicitor, and Jordan S. Berman , Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Jerome M. Strozdas , Springfield Law Director, urging reversal for amicus curiae city of Springfield.

Adam W. Loukx , Toledo Director of Law, and Joseph V. McNamara , Assistant Director of Law, urging reversal for amicus curiae city of Toledo.

Eve V. Belfance , Akron Director of Law, and John C. Reece and Michael J. Defibaugh , Assistant Directors of Law; and DiCaudo, Pitchford & Yoder and Stephen A. Fallis , urging reversal for amicus curiae city of Akron.

Willa Hemmons , East Cleveland Director of Law, urging reversal for amicus curiae city of East Cleveland.

Frost Brown Todd, L.L.C., Philip K. Hartmann , and Yazan S. Ashrawi ; and Garry E. Hunter , urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Municipal League.

Mayle, Ray & Mayle, L.L.C., Andrew R. Mayle , Jeremiah S. Ray , and Ronald J. Mayle , urging affirmance for amicus curiae Custom Seal, Inc.

CRAIG R. BALDWIN, J., of the Fifth District Court of Appeals, sitting for O'DONNELL, J.


{¶ 1} In this case, we address whether three statutes regulating local authorities' use of red-light and speed cameras qualify as general laws, such that the statutes do not offend the home-rule powers granted to a municipality in Article XVIII, Section 3 of the Ohio Constitution. We hold that R.C. 4511.093(B)(1), which...

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