Case Title: Dillard v. Cleveland Metro. School Dist.

Citation: 2012-Ohio-1223

Docket Number: 2011-1957

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2012-03-27T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
Dillard v. Cleveland Metro. School Dist., Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-1223.] 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2012-OHIO-1223 
DILLARD ET AL., APPELLEES, v. CLEVELAND METROPOLITAN SCHOOL 
DISTRICT ET AL., APPELLANTS. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as Dillard v. Cleveland Metro. School Dist.,  
Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-1223.] 
Discretionary appeal accepted, court of appeals’ judgment vacated, and cause 
remanded for application of DiGiorgio v. Cleveland. 
(No. 2011-1957—Submitted March 21, 2012—Decided March 27, 2012.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, No. 97195. 
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{¶ 1} The discretionary appeal is accepted on Proposition of Law I. 
{¶ 2} The judgment of the court of appeals is vacated, and the cause is 
remanded to the court of appeals for application of the Eighth District’s en banc 
decision in DiGiorgio v. Cleveland, 8th Dist. No. 95945, 2011-Ohio-5824. 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’DONNELL, 
LANZINGER, CUPP, and MCGEE BROWN, JJ., concur. 
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SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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Bashein & Bashein Co., L.P.A., and W. Craig Bashein; and Paul W. 
Flowers Co., L.P.A., and Paul W. Flowers, for appellees, Ni-Asia Dillard and 
Nur-Ur-Din Dillard. 
Wayne J. Belock, Joseph J. Jerse, and David J. Sipusic, for appellants, 
Cleveland Metropolitan School District and Mr. Little. 
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