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STATE EX REL. LANGHENRY v. BRITT

No. 2017-0753.

151 Ohio St.3d 227 (2017)

2017-Ohio-7172

THE STATE EX REL. LANGHENRY, LAW DIR., ET AL. v. BRITT, CLERK.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided August 10, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roetzel & Andress, L.P.A., Stephen W. Funk , and Leighann K. Fink , for relator.

The Chandra Law Firm, L.L.C., Subodh Chandra , and Peter Pattakos , for intervening relators.

Walter Haverfield, L.L.P., R. Todd Hunt , Aimee W. Lane , and Benjamin G. Chojnacki , for respondent.

Mayle, Ray & Mayle, L.L.C., and Andrew R. Mayle , urging granting of the writ for amicus curiae Property Investor's Network, Inc.

Goldstein Gragel, L.L.C., Susan L. Gragel , and Richard L. Stoper Jr. , urging denial of the writ for amicus curiae Building Laborers' Union Local 310.

Michael W. Deemer , urging denial of the writ for amicus curiae Downtown Cleveland Alliance and Greater Cleveland Sports Commission.

Jason Hillman , urging denial of the writ for amicus curiae Cavaliers Operating Company, L.L.C.

Calfee, Halter & Griswold, L.L.P., and James F. Lang , urging denial of the writ for amicus curiae Rick Chiricosta, Christopher M. Connor, Dr. Delos Cosgrove, Alexander Cutler, Carole Hoover, Chuck Jones, Jerry Kelsheimer, Bill Lacey, Ed Largent, A. Malachi Mixon III, Beth Mooney, Bernie Moreno, Merrick Murphy, Joe Roman, Matthew A. Ouimet, Albert Ratner, and Dr. Jerry Sue Thornton.

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

I. Introduction

{¶ 1} Respondent, Patricia Britt, clerk of the Cleveland City Council ("the clerk"), rejected a referendum petition on the grounds that it would unconstitutionally abridge an existing contract. Relator, Barbara A. Langhenry, law director of the...

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