Calhoun v. Supreme Court

This matter comes before the court on an appeal from a judgment on the pleadings rendered by the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas for defendants the Supreme Court of Ohio and the justices of that court, and for Mr. Thomas Startzman, the clerk of such court. Plaintiffs below, appellants in this court, sought a declaratory judgment on numerous issues relating to the constitutional and statutory power of the defendants to promulgate rules to levy attorney registration fees and to maintain a fund for regulating the practice of law in the state.

The facts in brief giving rise to this action,…