CLEVELAND ELEC. v. CLEVELAND

No. 2020-0277.

190 N.E.3d 571 (2021)

167 Ohio St.3d 153

2021-Ohio-4463

The CLEVELAND ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING CO., Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. The City of CLEVELAND et al., Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 21, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, L.L.P., Gregory J. Phillips , Michael J. Montgomery , Michael D. Meuti , James E. von der Heydt , and James J. Walsh Jr. , Cleveland, for appellant and cross-appellee.

Carpenter, Lipps & Leland, L.L.P., Kimberly W. Bojko , Angela Paul Whitfield , and Stephen E. Dutton , for appellees and cross-appellants the city of Cleveland and Cleveland Public Power.

Bricker & Eckler, L.L.P., Drew H. Campbell , and Elyse Akhbari , Columbus, for appellee and cross-appellant Cuyahoga County.

Kevin M. Butler , Brooklyn Law Director, for appellee and cross-appellant city of Brooklyn.

Thompson Hine, L.L.P., and Stephanie M. Chmiel ; Columbus, and Kurt Helfrich and Lija Kaleps-Clark , urging reversal for amici curiae Buckeye Power, Inc., and Ohio Rural Electric Cooperatives, Inc.

Steven T. Nourse , Columbus, urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Power Company.

James E. McLean , urging reversal for amicus curiae Duke Energy Ohio, Inc.

Michael J. Schuler , urging reversal for amicus curiae the Dayton Power and Light Company.

Lisa G. McAlister and Gerit F. Hull , for amicus curiae American Municipal Power, Inc., in support of appellees and cross-appellants.

Lisa G. McAlister , for amicus curiae Ohio Municipal Electric Association, in support of appellees and cross-appellants.

Garry E. Hunter ; Athens, and Paul W. Flowers Co., L.P.A., Paul W. Flowers , and Louis E. Grube , Cleveland, for amicus curiae Ohio Municipal League, in support of appellees and cross-appellants.


{¶ 1} Article XVIII, Section 6 of the Ohio Constitution allows a municipality that operates a public utility for the purpose of supplying the utility's product to the municipality or its inhabitants to generate or purchase electricity...

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