GABBARD v. MADISON LOCAL SCHOOL

No. 2020-0612.

179 N.E.3d 1169 (2021)

165 Ohio St.3d 390

2021-Ohio-2067

GABBARD et al., Appellees, v. MADISON LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided June 23, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bloomekatz Law and Rachel S. Bloomekatz ; and Everytown Law, Alla Lefkowitz , and James Miller , Dayton, for appellees.

Frost Brown Todd, L.L.C., Matthew C. Blickensderfer , Cincinnati, Brodi J. Conover , and W. Joseph Scholler , West Chester, for appellants.

Bolek Besser Glesius, L.L.C., and Matthew D. Besser , Cleveland; and Gwen E. Callender , Columbus, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Fraternal Order of Police of Ohio, Inc.

Brian Eastman , Columbus and Matthew Cooper-Whitman , urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Education Association.

Muskovitz & Lemmerbrock, L.L.C., Susan Muskovitz , and Brooks W. Boron , urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Federation of Teachers.

Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, L.L.P., and Daniel E. Shuey , Columbus, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Professor Peter M. Shane.

Cooper & Elliott, L.L.C., C. Benjamin Cooper , and Sean R. Alto , Columbus, urging affirmance for amici curiae Experts in School Safety and Firearms Training.

Warren Terzian, L.L.P., and Thomas D. Warren , urging affirmance for amici curiae Teacher Educators and Educational Researchers.

Law Offices of John C. Camillus, L.L.C., and John C. Camillus , urging affirmance for amici curiae Ohio K-12 Teachers and Staff.

Zach Klein , Columbus City Attorney, Richard N. Coglianese , City Solicitor General, and Adam S. Friedman , Deputy Solicitor General, urging affirmance for amicus curiae city of Columbus.

Andrew W. Garth , City Solicitor, urging affirmance for amicus curiae city of Cincinnati.

Dave Yost , Attorney General, Benjamin M. Flowers , Solicitor General, Michael J. Hendershot , Chief Deputy Solicitor General, and Kyser S. Blakely , Deputy Solicitor General, urging reversal for amicus curiae Attorney General Dave Yost.

Lyons & Lyons Co., L.P.A., and Jonathan N. Fox , West Chester, urging reversal for amici curiae Claymont City Schools, East Guernsey Local Schools, Edgerton Local Schools, Hardin Community School, Hardin-Houston Local Schools, Jackson Center Local Schools, Mad River Local Schools, Manchester Local Schools, Morgan Local Schools, New Lebanon Local Schools, Noble Local Schools, River View Local Schools, Rolling Hills Local School District, Russia Local Schools, Sidney City Schools, Streetsboro City Schools, and Upper Scioto Valley School District.


{¶ 1} In April 2018, just over two years after a school shooting at Madison Junior/Senior High School that resulted in injuries to four students, appellant Madison Local School District Board of Education ("the board") passed a resolution to authorize certain school-district employees to carry a deadly weapon or...

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