State ex rel. Barren v. Brown

I would deny the writ. The legal question concerning the action of the respondent At*172torney General is moot for the reasons expressed in the case of State, ex rel. Riffe, v. Brown (1977), 51 Ohio St. 2d 149, decided today. The majority is therefore without a justiciable issue to decide, and their apparent effort herein can charitably be described as superfluous.

In the case of Miner v. Witt (1910), 82 Ohio St. 237, this court held that when an event occurs which renders it impossible for this court to grant effectual relief, the court wifl not proceed to a formal judgment. This is still the law…