State ex rel. Shaw v. Lynch

Appellants, Richard C. Shaw and Dennis Sherba, seek a writ of mandamus to compel appellee, city of Avon Lake Clerk of Council Kathleen *175Lynch, to certify referendum petitions on two proposed zoning ordinances to the Lorain County Board of Elections before the next general election. The Court of Appeals for Lorain County denied the writ because appellants had failed to file verified copies of the ordinances as required by former R.C. 731.32.1 The court of appeals also held that Lynch was not estopped from asserting appellants’ failure to file the verified copies.

For a writ of mandamus to issue,…