Dittmer v. Lorain

Full title: Dittmer et al., Appellants v. City of Lorain et al., Appellees

Court: Supreme Court of Ohio

Date published: Oct 8, 2003

796 N.E.2d 530 (Ohio 2003)

796 N.E.2d 530

2003 Ohio 5061

Opinion

No. 2003-1118.

Submitted August 26, 2003.

Decided October 8, 2003.

Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Lorain County, Nos. 02CA008126, 02CA008151, 02CA008138, 02CA008152, and 02CA008150, 2003-Ohio-2340.

Phillips Co., L.P.A., and Gerald W. Phillips, for appellants.

Mark R. Provenza, Lorain Law Director, for appellees.

{¶ 1} We allow the discretionary appeal. The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed, and the cause is remanded on the authority of State ex rel. Commt. for the Referendum of Ordinance No. 3844-02 v. Norris, 99 Ohio St.3d 336, 2003-Ohio-3887, 792 N.E.2d 186.

Moyer, C.J., Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O'Connor and O'Donnell, JJ., concur.

Resnick and F.E. Sweeney, JJ., dissent.