State ex rel. Ames v. Portage Cty. Bd. of Commrs.

[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State
ex rel. Ames v. Portage Cty. Bd. of Commrs., Slip Opinion No. 

.]




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                          SLIP OPINION NO. 

    THE STATE EX REL. AMES, APPELLANT, v. PORTAGE COUNTY BOARD OF
                              COMMISSIONERS, APPELLEE.
  [Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it
     may be cited as State ex rel. Ames v. Portage Cty. Bd. of Commrs., Slip
                             Opinion No. 

.]
Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed on the authority of Ames v. Rootstown Twp.
        Bd. of Trustees.
(No. 2021-1153―Submitted December 23, 2022―Decided December 27, 2022.)
                APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Portage County,
                Nos. 2020-P-0088 and 2020-P-0089, 

.
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        {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed on the authority of
Ames v. Rootstown Twp. Bd. of Trustees, __ Ohio St.3d __, 

, __
N.E.3d __.
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       O’CONNOR, C.J., and FISCHER, DEWINE, DONNELLY, STEWART, and
BRUNNER, JJ., concur.
       KENNEDY, J., dissents for the reasons set forth in Part I(B) of her dissenting
opinion in Rootstown.
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       Brian M. Ames, pro se.
       Victor V. Vigluicci, Portage County Prosecuting Attorney, and Timothy J.
Piero, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.
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