State ex rel. Dayton Power & Light Co. v. Riley

The issue before this court is the availability of the writ of prohibition. To determine this, it is necessary to state some of the allegations raised in the cause in the trial court which relator would prohibit.

The litigation which relator would have prohibited commenced on May 20, 1977, when Irwin filed suit in the Court of Common Pleas of Clinton County on behalf of itself and others similarly situated.

*169Irwin alleged that during the winter of 1976-77, non-domestic natural gas customers of Dayton Power & Light Company were faced with rapidly diminishing allowable usages. The company offered…