Title: State ex rel. Goncalves v. Mahoning Cty. Bd. of Elections

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

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[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
State ex rel. Goncalves v. Mahoning Cty. Bd. of Elections, Slip Opinion No. 2015-Ohio-3777.] 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2015-OHIO-3777 
THE STATE EX REL. GONCALVES ET AL. v. MAHONING COUNTY BOARD OF 
ELECTIONS ET AL. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State ex rel. Goncalves v. Mahoning Cty. Bd. of Elections,  
Slip Opinion No. 2015-Ohio-3777.] 
Cause dismissed as moot. 
(No. 2015-1475—Submitted September 15, 2015—Decided September 18, 2015.) 
IN MANDAMUS. 
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{¶ 1} Relators, Valeria E. Goncalves, Mary C. Khumprakob, Edson A. 
Knight, Heidi Jo Kroeck, Young Tensley, and Hattie W. Wilkins, seek a writ of 
mandamus to compel respondents, the Mahoning County Board of Elections, its 
board members David Betras, Mark Munroe, Robert Wasko, and Tracey 
Winbush, and Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, to certify a proposed charter 
amendment to appear on the November ballot. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
 
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{¶ 2} Our holding in State ex rel. Youngstown v. Mahoning Cty. Bd. of 
Elections, _____ Ohio St.3d _____, 2015-Ohio-3761, ___ N.E.3d ___, renders 
this petition moot. 
Cause dismissed. 
 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, O’DONNELL, LANZINGER, KENNEDY, 
FRENCH, and O’NEILL, JJ., concur. 
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James Kinsman and Terry J. Lodge, for relators. 
 
Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, L.L.P., Lisa Babish Forbes, Kyle S. 
Baird, Aaron M. Williams, John K. Keller, and Peter A. Lusenhop, for 
respondents the Mahoning County Board of Elections and its members. 
Michael DeWine, Attorney General, and Nicole M. Koppitch and Tiffany 
L. Carwile, Assistant Attorneys General, for respondent Ohio Secretary of State 
Jon Husted. 
Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, L.L.P., L. Bradfield Hughes, Kathleen 
M. Trafford, and Kevin J. Kelley, urging denial of the writ for amici curiae the 
Ohio Chamber of Commerce, Affiliated Construction Trades of Ohio, and the 
American Petroleum Institute. 
Black, McCuskey, Souers & Arbaugh, L.P.A., Randolph L. Snow, James 
M. Wherley Jr., and Whitney L. Willits, urging denial of the writ for amici curiae 
the Ohio Oil and Gas Association, the Ohio Gas Association, and 17 Local 
Unions. 
Black, McCuskey, Souers & Arbaugh, L.P.A., Randolph L. Snow, James 
M. Wherley Jr., and Whitney L. Willits, urging denial of the writ for amicus 
curiae Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber. 
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