City of Hubbard ex rel. Creed v. Sauline

We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.

Law of the Case

In Nolan v. Nolan (1984), 11 Ohio St.3d 1, 3-4,11 OBR 1, 2-3, 462 N.E.2d 410, 412-413, we summarized the doctrine of the law of the case:

“ * * * [T]he decision of a reviewing court in a case remains the law of that case on the legal questions involved for all subsequent proceedings in the case at both the trial and reviewing levels. * * *

“The doctrine is considered to be a rule of practice rather than a binding rule of substantive law and will not be applied so as to achieve unjust results. Gohman [v. St. Bernard (1924)], supra,…