City of Dublin v. State

Deshler, Judge.

Defendant-appellant, the state of Ohio, has appealed from a decision and entry -of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas partially granting a motion by plaintiffs-appellees, the city of Dublin and the city of Upper Arlington, to compel discovery.

The underlying action in this case was brought by the plaintiff municipalities as a constitutional challenge to certain provisions of H.B. No. 283, the biennial budget bill enacted by the Ohio legislature in 1999. The provisions at issue reduce or eliminate the authority of municipalities to regulate use of public rights-of-way by…