Case Name: The State ex rel. Mahoney v. Lucas County Board of Elections
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 2011-09-09
Citations: 130 Ohio St. 3d 29
Docket Number: No. 2011-1386
Parties: The State ex rel. Mahoney v. Lucas County Board of Elections.
Judges: O’Connor, C.J., and O’Donnell, Cupp, and McGee Brown, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 130
Pages: 29–29

Head Matter:
The State ex rel. Mahoney v. Lucas County Board of Elections.
[Cite as State ex rel. Mahoney v. Lucas Cty. Bd. of Elections, 130 Ohio St.3d 29, 2011-Ohio-4551.]
(No. 2011-1386
Submitted September 6, 2011
Decided September 9, 2011.)
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, L.L.P., Douglas G. Haynam, and Michael J. O’Callaghan, for relator.
Julia R. Bates, Lucas County Prosecuting Attorney, and Andrew K. Ranazzi, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for respondent.
Michael DeWine, Attorney General, and Richard N. Coglianese, Erick D. Gale, and Michael Schuler, Assistant Attorneys General, for intervening respondent, Secretary of State Jon Husted.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
{¶ 1} Based on our decision in State ex rel. Coble v. Lucas Cty. Bd. of Elections, 130 Ohio St.3d 132, 2011-Ohio-4550, 956 N.E.2d 282, we grant a writ of mandamus to compel respondent, Lucas County Board of Elections, to place the name of relator, Neal Mahoney, on the November 8, 2011 election ballot as a candidate for Sylvania Township Trustee.
Writ granted.
O'Connor, C.J., and O'Donnell, Cupp, and McGee Brown, JJ., concur.
Pfeifer and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., concur in judgment.
Lanzinger, J., dissents.