Case Name: Smith, Agent for Annexation Petitioner, et al., Appellants, v. Granville Township Board of Trustees, Appellee
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1996-11-04
Citations: 77 Ohio St. 3d 1215
Docket Number: No. 96-2350
Parties: Smith, Agent for Annexation Petitioner, et al., Appellants, v. Granville Township Board of Trustees, Appellee.
Judges: Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney and Pfeifer, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 77
Pages: 1215–1216

Head Matter:
Smith, Agent for Annexation Petitioner, et al., Appellants, v. Granville Township Board of Trustees, Appellee.
[Cite as Smith v. Granville Twp. Bd. of Trustees (1996), 77 Ohio St.3d 1215.]
(No. 96-2350
Submitted and decided November 4, 1996.)
Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, Duke W. Thomas and Bruce L. Ingram, for appellants.
Moots, Cope & Stanton, Wanda L. Carter and Susan M. Zidek, for appellee. Daniel W. Drake, First Assistant City Attorney, for amici curiae, city of Columbus and Ohio Municipal Attorneys Association.
Patricia S. Eshman, for amicus curiae, Ohio Homebuilders Association, Inc. John E. Gotherman, for amicus curiae, Ohio Municipal League.
Edward M. Yosses, Toledo Director of Law, for amicus curiae, city of Toledo.

Opinion:
This cause is pending before the court as a discretionary appeal. Upon consideration of appellants' motion for emergency alternative R.C. 2503.40 "other writ,"
IT IS ORDERED by the court that, with respect to the vote on the conditions of merger by the village of Granville and Granville Township, the Licking County Board of Elections impound the ballots of the November 5, 1996 general election and not count them until further order of the court.
Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney and Pfeifer, JJ., concur.
Cook and Stratton, JJ., dissent.