State ex rel. Crossman Communities of Ohio, Inc. v. Greene County Board of Elections

We initially reject intervening respondents’ contention that this expedited election case should be dismissed for want of prosecution because relators did not file their evidence and brief within the time specified by S.Ct.Prac.R. X(9). Relators entered into a limited stipulated extension with respondent board pursuant to S.Ct.Prac.R. XIV(3)(B)(2)(a) and X(8), which extended their time to September 13 to file their evidence and brief. After construing S.Ct.Prac.R. X(9) in pari materia with these provisions and emphasizing that relators confirmed their interpretation of the rule with the…