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Citizens for Choice v. Summit County Council

Ohio Court of Appeals

Decided May 9, 2001No. C.A. No. 20117PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Per curiam

Summit County Council and the village of Richfield filed appeals from the decision of the Summit County Court of Common Pleas issuing a declaratory judgment ordering the council to enter an order erecting a new township pursuant to R.C. 503.09.

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In April 1998, a group of residents of Richfield Township, organized as “Citizens for Choice” (“CFC”), desired to secede from Richfield Township because the citizens of Richfield Village comprised approximately two-thirds of the population of the township. Allegedly, this imbalance of population resulted in governance of the entire township in a manner…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. M. J. Kelley Co. v. City of ClevelandOhio Supreme Court · 1972
  2. Long Beach Ass'n v. JonesOhio Supreme Court · 1998
  3. Ohio Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Utilities CommissionOhio Supreme Court · 1992
  4. State v. EllingtonOhio Court of Appeals · 1987
  5. San Filipo v. San FilipoOhio Court of Appeals · 1991

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  1. Big Bob's, Inc. v. Ohio Liquor Control CommissionOhio Court of Appeals · 2003

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