Bass Energy, Inc. v. City of Highland Heights

Melody J. Stewart, Judge.

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant and cross-appellee, city of Highland Heights, appeals from a preliminary injunction that declared a city resolution unconstitutional because the resolution substantially impaired a lease the city held with plaintiff-appellee and cross-appellant, Bass Energy, Inc. The court revived the lease and held that Bass Energy could invoke its right of arbitration under the lease. The city maintains that the court erred by finding that the resolution impaired the lease and further erred by finding that Bass Energy did not waive its contractual right to…