CLEVELAND BOTANICAL v. WORTHINGTON

No. 2020-0629.

216 N.E.3d 544 (2022)

171 Ohio St.3d 109

2022-Ohio-3706

CLEVELAND BOTANICAL GARDEN, Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. WORTHINGTON DREWIEN et al., Appellants and Cross-Appellees; The City of Cleveland et al., Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided October 20, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hahn, Loeser & Parks, L.L.P., Eric B. Levasseur , Cleveland, Steven J. Knerly Jr. , and Dennis R. Rose , Cleveland, for appellee and cross-appellant Cleveland Botanical Garden.

Squire Patton Boggs, L.L.P., Steven A. Friedman , and Sean L. McGrane , Cleveland, for appellee and cross-appellant University Circle, Inc.

Barbara A. Langhenry , Cleveland, Director of Law, and L. Stewart Hastings Jr. , Assistant Director of Law, for appellee and cross-appellant City of Cleveland.

Strauss Troy Co., L.P.A., Matthew W. Fellerhoff , William K. Flynn , Cincinnati, Amy L. Hunt , and Stephen E. Schilling , Cincinnati, for appellants and cross-appellees Staci K. Worthington Drewien et al.

Robert E. Johnson , urging reversal in part and affirmance in part for amicus curiae, Institute for Justice.


{¶ 1} This matter involves the 1882 transfer of property that is today generally known as Wade Park, located in the city of Cleveland ("the city"). The dispute in this case centers on the interpretation and application of the park-use restrictions in the deed donating the property...

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