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OHIO POWER CO. v. BURNS

No. 2021-1168.

215 N.E.3d 527 (2022)

171 Ohio St.3d 84

2022-Ohio-4713

OHIO POWER COMPANY, Appellant, v. BURNS et al, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 29, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, L.L.P., Ryan P. Sherman , Christopher J. Baronzzi , Jason T. Gerken , Columbus, and Syed Ahmadul Huda , for appellant.

Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, L.L.P., Joseph R. Miller , Thomas H. Fusonie , John M. Kuhl , and Daniel E. Shuey , Columbus, for appellees.

Roetzel & Andress, L.P.A., Stephen D. Jones , and Jeremy S. Young , Columbus, urging reversal for amicus curiae First-Energy Service Company.

JobsOhio and Donnell R. Grubbs , urging reversal for amici curiae JobsOhio, Ohio Southeast, One Columbus, Dayton Development Coalition, REDI Cincinnati, Regional Growth Partnership, and Team NEO.

Affiliated Construction Trades Foundation and Rob Dorans , urging reversal for amicus curiae Affiliated Construction Trades Ohio.

McDonald Hopkins, L.L.C., Adam C. Smith , Matthew R. Rechner , and Richard W. Cline , Cleveland, urging reversal for amici curiae Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc., the East Ohio Gas Company, d.b.a. Dominion Energy Ohio, and Ohio Gas Association.

Bricker & Eckler, L.L.P., Jennifer A. Flint , Anne Maria Sferra , Columbus, and Brodi Conover , Lebanon; Flagel & Papakirk, L.L.C., James Papakirk , Gregory E. Hull , Cincinnati, and Charles E. Rust ; and Brian J. Pokrywka and Jeanne W. Kingery , Columbus, urging reversal for amici curiae Dayton Power and Light Company, d.b.a. AES Ohio, Buckeye Power, Inc., Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio, Inc., d.b.a. CenterPoint Energy Ohio, and Duke Energy Ohio, Inc.

Chad A. Endsley , Leah F. Curtis , and Amy Milam , urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, Inc.

Goldman Braunstein Stahler Kenter, L.L.P., Aaron E. Kenter , and Clinton P. Stahler , Columbus, urging affirmance for amici curiae Glenn C. Weaver, Angela M. Cooney, Dale Howell, Elizabeth Howell, Lisa Grow, Jessica Grow, Charles W. Edelberger, Susan G. Edelberger, Matthew Tuck, Rebecca L. Tuck, Steven M. Popp, Rechel Mantuhac, Jordan Boswell, Kayla Boswell, Chris Denise Brewer, Thomas L. Mies, Peggy J. Mies, Jeffry A. Kocher, Lori A. Kocher, and William H. Ricker.

Jay R. Carson , Cleveland, and Robert Alt , urging affirmance for amicus curiae the Buckeye Institute.

Brian A. Morris , Cincinnati, Daniel Nelson , and Dana Berliner , urging affirmance for amicus curiae Institute for Justice.

{¶ 1} This discretionary appeal involves a dispute between appellant, Ohio Power Company, a public utility and subsidiary of American Electric Power, and appellees, Michael and Misty Burns, Ronald and Barbara Bohlen, Jeffrey and Holly Dexter, and Ryan and Denay May (collectively, "the landowners"), over the necessity...

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