SER YOST v. VOLKSWAGEN

No. 2020-0092.

177 N.E.3d 242 (2021)

165 Ohio St.3d 213

2021-Ohio-2121

The STATE EX REL. YOST, Atty. Gen., Appellee, v. VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, d.b.a. Volkswagen Group and/or Volkswagen AG, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided June 29, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Yost , Attorney General, Benjamin M. Flowers , Solicitor General, Michael J. Hendershot , Chief Deputy Solicitor General, and Aaron S. Farmer and Karia A. Ruffin , Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.

Reminger Co., L.P.A., Hugh J. Bode , Cleveland, and Jackie M. Jewell , Columbus; and Sullivan & Cromwell, L.L.P., Robert J. Giuffra Jr. , David M.J. Rein , Matthew A. Schwartz , and Judson O. Littleton , for appellants Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, d.b.a. Volkswagen Group and/or Volkswagen AG; Audi AG; Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., d.b.a. Volkswagen of America, Inc., or Audi of America, Inc.; Volkswagen of America, Inc.; and Audi of America, L.L.C.

Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, L.L.P., L. Bradfield Hughes , and Elizabeth L. Moyo , Columbus; and King & Spalding, L.L.P., and Joseph Eisert , for appellants Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, d.b.a. Porsche AG; and Porsche Cars North America, Inc.

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, L.L.P., Jayce Born , Jonathan S. Martel , and S. Zachary Fayne ; and Kevin D. Shimp , urging reversal for amici curiae, United States Chamber of Commerce, Ohio Chamber of Commerce, and Alliance for Automotive Innovation.


{¶ 1} In this case, we are asked to decide whether the federal Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq., preempts Ohio law and precludes an anti-tampering claim under Ohio's Air Pollution Control Act, R.C. 3704.01 et seq. For the reasons that follow, we hold that it does not and therefore affirm the judgment of the Tenth...

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