State ex rel. Cincinnati Enquirer v. Krings

In 1995, Hamilton County, Ohio, and the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, executed a memorandum of understanding in which the county agreed to implement a sales tax increase, subject to referendum, to fund construction of new stadiums and related facilities for the Cincinnati Bengals professional football team and the Cincinnati Reds professional baseball team. Following an election in which the Hamilton County voters approved the increased sales tax to fund the construction of the stadiums, the county began planning for construction.

In January 1998, Hamilton County and Cincinnati entered into an…