MOTION DOCKETSupreme Court of Ohio.
Announcement Friday February 11, 2000
00-301. State ex rel. Plain Dealer Publishing Co. v. CuyahogaCty. Court of Common Pleas.
In Prohibition. This cause originated in this court on the filing of a complaint for a writ of prohibition. Upon consideration thereof,
IT IS ORDERED by the court, sua sponte, that an alternative writ be, and hereby is, granted.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED by the court that the following briefing schedule is set for presentation of evidence and filing of briefs pursuant to S.Ct.Prac.R. X:
The parties shall file any evidence they intend to present within twenty days of the date of this entry; relator shall file its brief within ten days after the filing of evidence; respondent shall file its brief within twenty days after the filing of relator’s brief; and relator may file a reply brief within five days after the filing of respondent’s brief.
DOUGLAS, J., concurs in judgment.
DOUGLAS, J.
I concur in the judgment to grant an alternative writ prohibition but to me the issue is so clear that I would issue a peremptory writ. See, such as, R.C. 2731.06, peremptory mandamus. See also, Section 2(B)(1)(d), Article IV, Ohio Constitution.