State ex rel. Walgate v. Kasich (Slip Opinion)

{¶ 1} This action raises a variety of challenges to recently enacted legislation and administrative rules related to gambling in the state, both at casinos and at race tracks, but the questions before us involve only the existence or nonexistence of standing and the requirements for a trial court to dismiss a complaint for lack of standing. We conclude that one plaintiff-appellant has standing to maintain this action, but the other plaintiffs-appellants do not.

I. Case background

{¶ 2} This appeal involves numerous constitutional provisions, statutes, administrative rules, and claims. Yet…