Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. City of Brecksville v. Husted
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided October 1, 2012No. 2012-1545PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Per curiam
*302{¶ 1} This is an expedited election action in which relator, the city of Brecksville, Ohio, seeks writs of mandamus and prohibition to prevent respondents, Secretary of State Jon Husted and the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, from certifying an initiative petition and submitting the initiative to electors at the November 6, 2012 general election. We dismiss the purported mandamus claim for lack of jurisdiction and deny the writ of prohibition.
Facts
{¶ 2} In January 2010, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Citizens United v. Fed. Election Comm., 558 U.S. 310,-, 130 S.Ct. 876,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Citizens United v. Federal Election CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
- First Nat. Bank of Boston v. BellottiSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Donnelly v. City of Fairview ParkOhio Supreme Court · 1968
- State Ex Rel. Data Trace Information Services, L.L.C. v. Cuyahoga County Fiscal OfficerOhio Supreme Court · 2012
- Whitman v. Hamilton County Board of ElectionsOhio Supreme Court · 2002
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3Cited by5 opinions
- State ex rel. Holwadel v. Hamilton Cty. Bd. of Elections (Slip Opinion)Ohio Supreme Court · 2015
- State ex rel. Cornerstone Developers, Ltd. v. Greene Cty. Bd. of Elections (Slip Opinion)Ohio Supreme Court · 2016
- State ex rel. Ethics First-You Decide Ohio Political Action Commt. v. DeWine (Slip Opinion)Ohio Supreme Court · 2016
- The State Ex Rel. Abernathy v. Lucas County Board of Elections.Ohio Supreme Court · 2019
- State Ex Rel. City of Brecksville v. HustedOhio Supreme Court · 2012