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: 1996-10-29
Citations: 77 Ohio St. 3d 1213
Docket Number: No. 96-2350
Parties: Smith, Agent for Annexation Petitioner, et al., Appellants, v. Granville Township Board of Trustees, Appellee.
Judges: Resnick, F.E. Sweeney and Stratton, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 77
Pages: 1213–1214

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 1213.]
(No. 96-2350
Submitted and decided October 29, 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, urging the court to allow the appeal for amici curiae, city of Columbus and Ohio Municipal Attorneys Association.
Patricia S. Eshman, urging the court to allow the appeal for amicus curiae, Ohio Homebuilders Associations, Inc.
John E. Gotherman, urging the court to allow the appeal for amicus curiae, Ohio Municipal League.
Edward M. Yosses, Toledo Director of Law, urging the court to allow the appeal for amicus curiae, city of Toledo.

Opinion:
This cause is pending before the court as a discretionary appeal.
Upon consideration of appellants' motion to join Licking County Board of Elections as a necessary party, to grant an R.C. 2503.40 "other writ" and, in the alternative, to expedite discretionary appeal,
IT IS ORDERED by the court that the motion be, and hereby is, denied.
Resnick, F.E. Sweeney and Stratton, JJ., concur.
Pfeifer and Cook, JJ., would also dismiss the "other writ."
Moyer, C.J., and Douglas, J., dissent.