Case Name: The State, ex rel. Toncray, v. Summit County Board of Elections
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1981-10-29
Citations: 68 Ohio St. 2d 38
Docket Number: No. 81-1529
Parties: The State, ex rel. Toncray, v. Summit County Board of Elections.
Judges: Celebrezze, C. J., W. Brown, Sweeney, Locher, Holmes, C. Brown and Krupansky, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Second Series
Volume: 68
Pages: 38–39

Head Matter:
The State, ex rel. Toncray, v. Summit County Board of Elections.
(No. 81-1529
Decided October 29, 1981.)
Amer, Cunningham & Brennan Co., L.P.A., and Mr. Nicholas P. Andreeff for relator.
Mr. Lynn C. Slaby, prosecuting attorney, and Mr. Wayne H. Calabrese, for respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Relator's complaint does not seek relief which may be granted in an action in prohibition. Prohibition lies to prevent the usurpation of judicial or quasi-judicial power. See State, ex rel. Lehmann, v. Cmich (1970), 23 Ohio St. 2d 11. The action of a board of elections in placing issues on the ballot is not an exercise of quasi-judicial power. State, ex rel. Williams, v. Brown (1977), 52 Ohio St. 2d 13, 16; State, ex rel. O'Grady, v. Brown (1976), 48 Ohio St. 2d 17, 20.
Accordingly, the writ is denied.
Writ denied.
Celebrezze, C. J., W. Brown, Sweeney, Locher, Holmes, C. Brown and Krupansky, JJ., concur.