State ex rel. AWMS Water Solutions, L.L.C. v. Mertz

[This decision has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 174 Ohio St.3d 401.] THE STATE EX REL . AWMS WATER SOLUTIONS, L.L.C., ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. MERTZ, DIR., ET AL., APPELLEES. [Cite as State ex rel. AWMS Water Solutions, L.L.C. v. Mertz,

2024-Ohio-200.] Oil and gas—Regulatory takings—Court of appeals did not comply with remand order to weigh parties’ evidence in deciding whether state’s suspension of operations at private company’s saltwater-injection well constituted a total or partial governmental taking of property—Court of appeals violated law- of-the-case doctrine by deciding…