Title: Dittmer v. Lorain

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

[Cite as Dittmer v. Lorain, 100 Ohio St.3d 76, 2003-Ohio-5061.] 
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DITTMER ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. CITY OF LORAIN ET AL., APPELLEES. 
[Cite as Dittmer v. Lorain, 100 Ohio St.3d 76, 2003-Ohio-5061.] 
Discretionary appeal allowed — Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and cause 
remanded on authority of State ex rel. Commt. for the Referendum of 
Ordinance No. 3844-02 v. Norris. 
(No. 2003-1118 — Submitted August 26, 2003 — Decided October 8, 2003.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Lorain County, Nos. 02CA008126, 
02CA008151, 02CA008138, 02CA008152, and 02CA008150, 2003-Ohio-2340. 
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We allow the discretionary appeal.  The judgment of the court of 
appeals is reversed, and the cause is remanded on the authority of State ex rel. 
Commt. for the Referendum of Ordinance No. 3844-02 v. Norris, 99 Ohio St.3d 
336, 2003-Ohio-3887, 792 N.E.2d 186. 
 
MOYER, 
C.J., 
PFEIFER, 
LUNDBERG 
STRATTON, 
O’CONNOR 
and 
O’DONNELL, JJ., concur. 
 
RESNICK and F.E. SWEENEY, JJ., dissent. 
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Phillips & Co., L.P.A., and Gerald W. Phillips, for appellants. 
 
Mark R. Provenza, Lorain Law Director, for appellees. 
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