Title: Miller v. State

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

[Cite as Miller v. State, 95 Ohio St.3d 1216, 2002-Ohio-2216.] 
 
 
MILLER ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. THE STATE OF OHIO ET AL., APPELLEES. 
[Cite as Miller v. State, 95 Ohio St.3d 1216, 2002-Ohio-2216.] 
Appeal dismissed as improvidently allowed. 
(No. 2001-1084 — Submitted April 10, 2002 — Decided May 22, 2002.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Erie County, No. E-99-082. 
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The cause is dismissed, sua sponte, as having been improvidently 
allowed. 
MOYER, C.J., GRADY, PFEIFER, HARSHA and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., 
concur. 
 
DOUGLAS, J., dissents. 
 
F.E. SWEENEY, J., dissents and would reverse the judgment of the 
court of appeals. 
 
THOMAS J. GRADY, J., of the Second Appellate District, sitting for 
RESNICK, J. 
 
WILLIAM H. HARSHA III, of the Fourth Appellate District, sitting 
for COOK, J. 
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Murray & Murray Co., L.P.A., James T. Murray and Joseph A. Zannieri, 
for appellants. 
 
Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and David M. Gormley, State 
Solicitor, for appellees. 
 
Owens & Martin Co., L.P.A., and William W. Owens, urging reversal for 
amicus curiae city of Sandusky. 
 
Janet L. Phillips Co., L.P.A., and Janet L. Phillips, urging reversal for 
amicus curiae Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, L.L.P., Jeffrey S. Creamer, David W. 
Wicklund and Robert A. Koenig, urging reversal for amicus curiae Buckeye 
Union Insurance Company. 
 
Zavarello & Davis Co., L.P.A., A. William Zavarello and Rhonda Gail 
Davis, urging reversal for amicus curiae Summit County Trial Lawyers 
Association. 
 
Linton & Hirshman and Robert F. Linton, Jr., urging reversal for amicus 
curiae Ohio Citizen Action. 
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