Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Common Cause v. Ohio Elections Commission
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided March 30, 2004No. 02AP-574PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Watson, Judge.
{¶ 1} Relators, Common Cause/Ohio and Alliance for Democracy (“relators”), appeal from the decision of the magistrate denying a writ of mandamus. For the reasons that follow, we adopt the decision of the magistrate and deny the writ of mandamus.
{¶ 2} This case arose from a series of advertisements (“ads”) run by the Chamber of Commerce (“Chamber”) and an affiliated organization, Citizens for a Strong Ohio (“CSO”) during the 2000 election of Ohio Supreme Court Justices. Relators filed three separate complaints with the Ohio Elections Commission (“commission”) concerning four of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Buckley v. ValeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Dresher v. BurtOhio Supreme Court · 1996
- Harless v. Willis Day Warehousing Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1978
- McConnell v. Federal Election CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- State ex rel. Berger v. McMonagleOhio Supreme Court · 1983
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