Case Name: Ohio State Bar Association v. Shattuck
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1999-04-07
Citations: 85 Ohio St. 3d 334
Docket Number: No. 98-2221
Parties: Ohio State Bar Association v. Shattuck.
Judges: Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 85
Pages: 334–336

Head Matter:
Ohio State Bar Association v. Shattuck.
[Cite as Ohio State Bar Assn. v. Shattuck (1999), 85 Ohio St.3d 334.]
(No. 98-2221
Submitted December 16, 1998
Decided April 7, 1999.)
John J. Mueller, Robert K. Leonard and Eugene P. Whetzel, for relator.
William R. McCarty, for respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
We held in Schucker v. Metcalf (1986), 22 Ohio St.3d 33, 36-37, 22 OBR 27, 30-31, 488 N.E.2d 210, 213-214, that a judge may be transferred from one division of the common pleas court to another only by the Chief Justice under the authority of R.C. 2503.04 or by the presiding judge of the common pleas court under authority of C.P.Sup.R. 2- (now Sup.R. 3). The findings of the board indicate that respondent was not so transferred. Instead, respondent exercised authority over the Perry case on the basis of what he thought was a legitimate longstanding informal transfer process in effect in Greene County and the asserted tacit approval of the judge to whom the case was assigned.
Given the unique facts of this case, we conclude that no disciplinary action is warranted. Accordingly, this matter ought to be and hereby is dismissed.
Judgment accordingly.
Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., concur.
Moyer, C.J., and Cook, J., dissent.