State Ex Rel. Merrill v. Ohio Department of Natural Resources

{¶ 1} We are asked to resolve three issues on appeal and cross-appeal: first, whether the state of Ohio, as distinct from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (“ODNR”), has standing to appeal from the decisions of the trial and appellate courts in this case; second, whether the court of appeals properly held that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in permitting the National Wildlife Federation and the Ohio Environmental Council to intervene in this action; and third, whether the appellate court identified the proper boundary between property abutting Lake Erie owned by private…