Case Name: Brown, Attorney General, Appellee, v. Borchers Ford, Inc., et al., Appellants
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1980-04-02
Citations: 62 Ohio St. 2d 1
Docket Number: Nos. 79-159 and 79-178
Parties: Brown, Attorney General, Appellee, v. Borchers Ford, Inc., et al., Appellants.
Judges: Celebrezze, C. J., Herbert, W. Brown, P. Brown, Lynch, Locher and Holmes, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Second Series
Volume: 62
Pages: 1–3

Head Matter:
Brown, Attorney General, Appellee, v. Borchers Ford, Inc., et al., Appellants.
[Cite as Brown v. Borchers Ford (1980), 62 Ohio St. 2d 1.]
(Nos. 79-159 and 79-178
Decided April 2, 1980.)
Mr. William J. Brown, attorney general, Mr. Michael E. Zatezalo, Mr. James J. Martin, Ms. Barbara K. Roman and Mr. Robert S. Tongren, for appellee.
Coolidge, Wall, Matusoff, Womsley & Lombard Co., L.P.A., Mr. Christopher H. Hoving and Mr. Roger L. Makley, for appellant Borchers Ford, Inc.
Messrs. Slicer, Hall & Slicer and Mr. David L. Hall, for appellants White-Allen Chevrolet, Inc., et al.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The Court of Appeals found that the issue before it was whether the Attorney General was required to request assurance of voluntary compliance prior to independently instituting this action for alleged violation of R. C. 1345.01 et seq. The court determined that the only relief sought by the Attorney General in his complaint was an injunction. For that reason, the Court of Appeals held, "the Attorney General was not required to request assurance of voluntary compliance prior to filing this action," and the trial court erred in dismissing the complaint.
We agree. R. C. 1345.06 clearly provided that, where injunction is the sole relief sought, prior request for written assurance of voluntary compliance is not required. Accordingly, the judgment of the Court of Appeals is affirmed.
Judgment affirmed.
Celebrezze, C. J., Herbert, W. Brown, P. Brown, Lynch, Locher and Holmes, JJ., concur.
Lynch, J., of the Seventh Appellate District, sitting for Sweeney, J.
See amendments to R. C. 1345.06 and 1345.07, effective August 11, 1978.