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MAPLE HEIGHTS v. NETFLIX, INC.

No. 2021-0864.

215 N.E.3d 500 (2022)

171 Ohio St.3d 53

2022-Ohio-4174

The City of MAPLE HEIGHTS v. NETFLIX, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided November 30, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DiCello, Levitt & Gutzler, L.L.C., Mark A. DiCello , and Justin J. Hawal , Mentor, for respondent.

Ulmer & Berne, L.L.P., Amanda Martinsek , and Gregory C. Djordjevic , Cleveland; and Latham & Watkins, L.L.P., Mary Rose Alexander , Robert C. Collins III , and Jean A. Pawlow , for petitioner Netflix, Inc.

Brouse McDowell and Kerri L. Keller , Akron; and Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Victor Jih , and Eric T. Kohan , for petitioner Hulu, L.L.C.

Tucker Ellis, L.L.P., and Jeffrey C. Sindelar Jr. , Cleveland; and Kilpatrick, Townsend & Stockton, L.L.P., and Adam H. Charnes , in support of petitioners for amicus curiae DIRECTV, L.L.C.

Public Knowledge and John Bergmayer ; and Calfee, Halter & Griswold, L.L.P., James F. Lang , and Colleen M. O'Neil , Cleveland, in support of petitioners for amicus curiae Public Knowledge.

Calfee, Halter & Griswold, L.L.P., James F. Lang , Colleen M. O'Neil , and Madeline H. Shanahan , Cincinnati; Steptoe & Johnson, L.L.P., Pantelis Michalopoulos , and Matthew R. Friedman ; and Crosscastle, P.L.L.C., and Jared R. Butcher , in support of petitioners for amici curiae DISH Network Corp. and DISH Network, L.L.C.

Dave Yost , Attorney General, Benjamin M. Flowers , Solicitor General, and Mathura J. Sridharan , Deputy Solicitor General, in support of petitioners for amicus curiae state of Ohio.

{¶ 1} The United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, certified the following two state-law questions for our review: (1) "Are Netflix and Hulu video service providers under Ohio law?" and (2) "Can Maple Heights sue Netflix and Hulu to enforce Ohio's video service provider provisions...

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