Title: Wachovia Natl. Bank of Delaware, N.A. v. Maenle

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

[Cite as Wachovia Natl. Bank of Delaware, N.A. v. Maenle, 110 Ohio St.3d 1240, 2006-Ohio-
3820.] 
 
 
WACHOVIA NATIONAL BANK OF DELAWARE, N.A., F.K.A FIRST UNION 
NATIONAL BANK OF DELAWARE, APPELLEE, v. MAENLE ET AL., APPELLANTS. 
[Cite as Wachovia Natl. Bank of Delaware, N.A. v. Maenle, 
 110 Ohio St.3d 1240, 2006-Ohio-3820.] 
Appeal dismissed as improvidently accepted. 
(No. 2005-1635 — Submitted June 6, 2006 — Decided August 9, 2006.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Huron County, 
No. H-04-036, 162 Ohio App.3d 479, 2005-Ohio-4021. 
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{¶ 1} The cause is dismissed, sua sponte, as having been improvidently 
accepted. 
{¶ 2} The court orders that the opinion of the court of appeals may not 
be cited as authority except by the parties inter se. 
MOYER, C.J., RESNICK, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’CONNOR, O’DONNELL 
and LANZINGER, JJ., concur. 
PFEIFER, J., dissents. 
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PFEIFER, J., dissenting. 
{¶ 3} I would reverse the decision of the court of appeals and reinstate 
the decision of the trial court.  I would base my decision on R.C. 2317.02, which 
governs privileged communications, not on Hearn v. Rhay (E.D.Wash.1975), 68 
F.R.D. 574.  I dissent. 
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McGlinchey Stafford, P.L.L.C., James S. Wertheim, and Kimberly Y. 
Smith Rivera, for appellee Wachovia National Bank of Delaware, N.A. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
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James J. Martin Co., L.P.A., and James J. Martin; and Joseph A Zannieri, 
for appellants. 
 
Russell V. Leffler, Huron County Prosecuting Attorney, and Dina 
Shenker, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee Huron County Treasurer. 
 
K. Ronald Bailey & Associates Co., L.P.A., and K. Ronald Bailey, urging 
reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. 
 
Lynch & White and Richard S. Lynch, urging reversal for amicus curiae 
Richard S. Lynch. 
 
Buckingham, Lucal, McGookey & Zeiher Co., L.P.A., and John R. Ball, 
urging reversal for amicus curiae John R. Ball. 
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