Case Name: State ex rel. Harbarger v. Cuyahoga Cty. Bd. of Elections
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1996-02-13
Citations: 74 Ohio St. 3d 1520
Docket Number: 96-369
Parties: State ex rel. Harbarger v. Cuyahoga Cty. Bd. of Elections.
Judges: Douglas and F.E. Sweeney, JJ., concur and would also invite the Secretary of State to intervene.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 74
Pages: 1520–1521

Head Matter:
Tuesday, February 13, 1996
MOTION DOCKET
96-369.
State ex rel. Harbarger v. Cuyahoga Cty. Bd. of Elections.

Opinion:
In Prohibition. This cause originated in this court on the filing of a complaint for a writ of prohibition regarding an expedited election matter.
IT IS ORDERED by the court, sua sponte, that an alternative writ be, and hereby is, granted.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED by the court, sua sponte, that the respondent is prohibited from proceeding to conduct a hearing or engage in further proceeding related to the protests against the candidacies of relators, pending disposition of this case.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties shall file their merit briefs on or before February 20,1996. No extensions of time for the filing of briefs will be permitted.
Douglas and F.E. Sweeney, JJ., concur and would also invite the Secretary of State to intervene.
Pfeifer, J., concurs in part because he would not stay the hearing.