Legal Opinion
Epcon Communities Franchising, L.L.C. v. Wilcox Dev. Group, L.L.C.
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided October 18, 2024No. 2022-1404PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 178 Ohio St.3d 489.] EPCON COMMUNITIES FRANCHISING, L.L.C., APPELLANT, v. WILCOX DEVELOPMENT GROUP, L.L.C., ET AL., APPELLEES. [Cite as Epcon Communities Franchising, L.L.C. v. Wilcox Dev. Group, L.L.C.,
2024-Ohio-4989.] Civil law—Preemption—Judicial restraint—Trial court erred by dismissing case on theory that if a state-law cause of action for contribution existed, it was preempted by federal law—No party had argued for federal preemption, constitutional avoidance prevents courts from answering a constitutional question unless…
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