Legal Opinion

Hess v. City of Toledo

Ohio Court of Appeals

Decided June 11, 1999No. Court of Appeals No. L-98-1224. Trial Court No. CI98-1414PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Abood, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas, which denied appellants’ request for attorney fees in a taxpayer action.

On appeal, appellants, Rebecca J. Hess, Marie Sienkowski, and Margaret Daly-Masternak, set forth the following three assignments of error:

“1. The trial court erred in determining as a matter of law that plaintiffs-appellants failed to satisfy the requirements for an award of attorney fees pursuant to § 118 of the Charter of the City of Toledo.
“2. The trial court erred in determining as a matter of law that the action brought by the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Shover v. Cordis Corp.Ohio Supreme Court · 1991
  2. State ex rel. Pennington v. GundlerOhio Supreme Court · 1996
  3. State ex rel. Committee for the Charter Amendment Petition v. City of AvonOhio Supreme Court · 1998
  4. Billington v. CotnerOhio Supreme Court · 1974
  5. Brauer v. City of ClevelandOhio Supreme Court · 1966

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. East Liverpool Sch. Dist. v. Bd. of Edn., Unpublished Decision (6-22-2006)Ohio Court of Appeals · 2006
  2. Hess v. City of ToledoOhio Court of Appeals · 2000
  3. State ex rel. McKernan v. Seven Hills City CouncilOhio Court of Appeals · 2018

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