Opinion
No. 2001-1726.
Submitted August 16, 2002.
Decided August 16, 2002.
Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Butler County, No. CA2000-08-168.
Scott E. Knox, for appellant Richard Clark Maloney.
Jullian S. Davis and Raymond V. Vasvari, Jr., for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation, in support of appellant.
Heather C. Sawyer and Susan J. Becker, for amici curiae Ohio Psychological Association, National Association of Social Workers and its Ohio Chapter, American Public Health Association, American Counseling Association, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., and Ohio Human Rights Bar Association, in support of appellant.
David R. Langdon, urging affirmance for amicus curiae American Family Association of Ohio.
{¶ 1} Oral argument is cancelled.
{¶ 2} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of In re Bicknell, 96 Ohio St.3d 76, 2002-Ohio-3615, 771 N.E.2d 846.
Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney and Pfeifer, JJ., concur.
Moyer, C.J., and Cook, J., would order the parties to show cause why this cause should not be decided on the authority of In re Bicknell.
Lundberg Stratton, J., dissents.
I respectfully dissent for the reasons set forth in my dissenting opinion in In re Bicknell (2002), 96 Ohio St.3d 76, 79, 2002-Ohio-3615, 771 N.E.2d 846.