Title: State ex rel. Bowling v. DeWine

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. Bowling v. DeWine, Slip Opinion No. 2022-Ohio-4122.] 
 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2022-OHIO-4122 
THE STATE EX REL. BOWLING ET AL., APPELLEES, v. DEWINE, GOVERNOR, 
ET AL., APPELLANTS. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as State ex rel. Bowling v. DeWine, Slip Opinion No.  
2022-Ohio-4122.] 
Appeal dismissed as moot. 
(No. 2021-1062―Submitted May 25, 2022―Decided November 22, 2022.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, 
No. 21AP-380, 2021-Ohio-2902. 
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{¶ 1} This cause is dismissed, sua sponte, as moot. 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and KENNEDY, FISCHER, GROVES, DONNELLY, STEWART, 
and BRUNNER, JJ., concur. 
EMANUELLA D. GROVES, J., of the Eighth District Court of Appeals, sitting 
for DEWINE, J. 
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SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
 
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DannLaw, Brian D. Flick, Marc E. Dann, and Emily White; and Advocate 
Attorneys, L.L.P., and Andrew M. Engel, for appellees, Candy Bowling, Shawnee 
Huff, and David Willis. 
Dave Yost, Attorney General, Benjamin M. Flowers, Solicitor General, 
Michael J. Hendershot, Chief Deputy Solicitor General, and Julie M. Pfeiffer, 
Allison D. Daniel, and Eric A. Baum, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellants, 
Governor Mike DeWine, and Matt Damschroder, director of the Ohio Department 
of Job and Family Services. 
Kristy A. Michel; Regina Campbell; Katherine B. Hollingsworth; Michelle 
Wrona Fox; Kristen Finzel Lewis; Lori K. Elliott; Rebecca Steinhauser; Kevin 
Mulder; Megan O’Dell; Hannah C. Halbert; and Christina Marie Royer, urging 
affirmance for amici curiae Legal Aid Society of Columbus, Legal Aid Society of 
Greater Cincinnati, Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, Community Legal Aid 
Services, Inc., Southeastern Ohio Legal Services, Legal Aid Society of Southwest 
Ohio, L.L.C., Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc., Legal Aid of Western Ohio, 
Ohio Poverty Law Center, Policy Matters Ohio, and Ohio Employment Lawyers 
Association. 
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease L.L.P., Daniel E. Shuey, and Erica M. 
Rodriguez; and Kevin D. Shimp, urging reversal for amici curiae Ohio Chamber of 
Commerce, Ohio Business Roundtable, Ohio Restaurant Association, Ohio Hotel 
and Lodging Association, Ohio Grocers Association, Ohio Trucking Association, 
Ohio Manufacturers’ Association, Ohio Council of Retail Merchants, and Ohio 
Farm Bureau Federation. 
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, L.L.P., and Larry J. Obhof Jr.; and Jay R. 
Carson and Robert Alt, urging reversal for amicus curiae Buckeye Institute. 
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