Case Title: Am. Mun. Power Inc. v. Bechtel Power Corp.

Citation: 2016-Ohio-3431

Docket Number: 2014-1847

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2016-06-16T00:00:00Z

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[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as Am. 
Mun. Power, Inc. v. Bechtel Power Corp., Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-3431.] 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2016-OHIO-3431 
AMERICAN MUNICIPAL POWER, INC. v. BECHTEL POWER CORPORATION. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as Am. Mun. Power, Inc. v. Bechtel Power Corp., Slip Opinion 
No. 2016-Ohio-3431.] 
Certified question sua sponte declined—Cause dismissed. 
(No. 2014-1847—Submitted October 27, 2015—Decided June 16, 2016.) 
ON ORDER from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, 
Eastern Division, Certifying a Question of State Law, 
No. 2:11-cv-131. 
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{¶ 1} Having considered all the arguments in this case, the court, sua sponte, 
exercises its discretion under S.Ct.Prac.R. 9.01(A), declines to answer the certified 
question, and dismisses the cause. 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, O’DONNELL, LANZINGER, and O’NEILL, JJ., 
concur. 
KENNEDY and FRENCH, JJ., dissent. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
 
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Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, L.L.P., Stephen C. Fitch, David J. Butler, and 
Celia M. Kilgard; and Shapiro, Lifschitz & Schram and Judah Lifschitz, for 
petitioner. 
 
Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, L.L.P., William G. Porter, and Douglas R. 
Matthews; and Pepper Hamilton, L.L.P., Michael P. Subak, and Richard W. Folz 
Jr., for respondent. 
Wesp Barwell, L.L.C., and Gregory P. Barwell, for amicus curiae, Ohio 
Counsel of Retail Merchants, in support of respondent. 
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