State Ex Rel. Hamilton County Board of Commissioners v. Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas

{¶ 1} This is an original action for a writ of prohibition to prevent a common pleas court and 12 of its judges from terminating the board of county commissioners’ employment of special counsel, which had previously been approved by the court, and to vacate their order terminating the employment of special counsel. Because the common pleas court and the judges did not patently and unambiguously lack jurisdiction to do so, we deny the requested writ of prohibition.

I. Facts

A. Retainer of Special Counsel for the Cincinnati Riverfront-Development Project

{¶ 2} Since 1996, relator, Hamilton County…