Save the Lake v. City of Hillsboro

Harsha, Judge.

{¶ 1} Save the Lake, an Ohio nonprofit organization, appeals the trial court’s decision dismissing its complaint for lack of standing. It argues that under Civ.R. 71, it has standing to seek enforcement of a 1988 consent order entered into between the Ohio Attorney General and the city of Hillsboro. Because appellant is an incidental beneficiary rather than a person for whose benefit the consent order was entered, it does not have Civ.R. 71 standing. Therefore, we affirm the court’s judgment.

{¶ 2} In 1988, the Ohio Attorney General filed a complaint for injunctive relief and…