Case Name: Malcolm-Smith et al., Appellees, v. Goff, Supt., et al., Appellants
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 2000-12-13
Citations: 90 Ohio St. 3d 316
Docket Number: No. 99-2287
Parties: Malcolm-Smith et al., Appellees, v. Goff, Supt., et al., Appellants.
Judges: Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer, Cook and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 90
Pages: 316–317

Head Matter:
Malcolm-Smith et al., Appellees, v. Goff, Supt., et al., Appellants.
[Cite as Malcolm—Smith v. Goff (2000), 90 Ohio St.3d 316.]
(No. 99-2287
Submitted October 10, 2000
Decided December 13, 2000.)
Uche Mgbaraho, Sara J. Harper, Roy Kaufman and Stanley Tolliver, for appellees.
Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, Roger F. Carroll and James G. Tassie, Assistant Attorneys General, and Stephen P. Carney, Associate Solicitor, for appellants John M. Goff and state of Ohio.
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, L.L.P., Frederick R. Nance and Steven A. Friedman; and Cornell P. Carter, Director of Law, for appellant Michael R. White.
Lisa Marie Ruda, Chief Legal Counsel, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Cleveland Municipal School District.

Opinion:
The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed by reason of res judicata. Stromberg v. Bratenahl Bd. of Edn. (1980), 64 Ohio St.2d 98, 18 O.O.3d 343, 413 N.E.2d 1184. See, also, Richards v. Jefferson Cty., Alabama (1996), 517 U.S. 793, 803, 116 S.Ct. 1761, 1768, 135 L.Ed.2d 76, 87.
Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer, Cook and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., concur.