Case Title: In re Maloney

Citation: 2002-Ohio-4214

Docket Number: 20011726

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2002-08-16T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Cite as In re Maloney, 96 Ohio St.3d 307, 2002-Ohio-4214.] 
 
 
IN RE MALONEY. 
[Cite as In re Maloney, 96 Ohio St.3d 307, 2002-Ohio-4214.] 
Change of name — Denial of request to change name by transsexual — Court of 
appeals’ judgment reversed on authority of In re Bicknell. 
(No. 2001-1726 — Submitted and decided August 16, 2002.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Butler County, No. CA2000-08-168. 
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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. 
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LUNDBERG STRATTON, J., dissenting. 
{¶3} 
I respectfully dissent for the reasons set forth in my dissenting 
opinion in In re Bicknell, 96 Ohio St.3d 76, 79, 2002-Ohio-3615, 771 N.E.2d 846, 
¶ 19-21. 
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Scott E. Knox, for appellant Richard Clark Maloney. 
 
Jillian 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, 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
 
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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. 
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