Case Title: State ex rel. Mahoney v. Lucas Cty. Bd. of Elections

Citation: 2011-Ohio-4551

Docket Number: 

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2011-09-09T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
State ex rel. Mahoney v. Lucas Cty. Bd. of Elections, Slip Opinion No. 2011-Ohio-4551.] 
 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2011-OHIO-4551 
THE STATE EX REL. MAHONEY v. LUCAS COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State ex rel. Mahoney v. Lucas Cty. Bd. of Elections, Slip 
Opinion No. 2011-Ohio-4551.] 
Writ of mandamus granted based on decision in State ex rel. Coble v. Lucas Cty. 
Bd. of Elections. 
(No. 2011-1386 – Submitted September 6, 2011 – Decided September 9, 2011.) 
IN MANDAMUS. 
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Per Curiam. 
{¶ 1} Based on our decision in State ex rel. Coble v. Lucas Cty. Bd. of 
Elections, __ Ohio St.3d __, Slip Opinion No. 2011-Ohio-4550, __ N.E.2d __ 
(case No. 2011-1371), we grant a writ of mandamus to compel respondent, Lucas 
County Board of Elections, to place the name of relator, Neal Mahoney, on the 
November 8, 2011 election ballot as a candidate for Sylvania Township Trustee. 
Writ granted. 
 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and O’DONNELL, CUPP, and MCGEE BROWN, JJ., concur. 
 
PFEIFER and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur in judgment. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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LANZINGER, J., dissents. 
LANZINGER, J., dissenting. 
{¶ 2} For the reasons stated in my dissent in State ex rel. Coble v. Lucas 
Cty. Bd. of Elections, __ Ohio St.3d __, Slip Opinion No. 2011-Ohio-4450, __ 
N.E.2d __ (case No. 2011-1371), I respectfully dissent. 
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Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, L.L.P., Douglas G. Haynam, and Michael J. 
O’Callaghan, for relator. 
 
Julia R. Bates, Lucas County Prosecuting Attorney, and Andrew K. 
Ranazzi, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for respondent. 
 
Michael DeWine, Attorney General, and Richard N. Coglianese, Erick D. 
Gale, and Michael Schuler, Assistant Attorneys General, for intervening 
respondent, Secretary of State Jon Husted. 
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