Doe v. Columbus

Citations

• 2026 Ohio 1095

Syllabus

Appellate jurisdiction—R.C. 2505.02(B)(4)—Under R.C. 2505.02(B)(4), the State of Ohio and its municipalities may immediately appeal orders preliminarily enjoining the enforcement of their duly enacted laws—The State and its municipalities have a sovereign interest in passing and enforcing their duly enacted laws, and a court's order enjoining operation of such laws causes irreparable injury to that sovereign interest—Court of appeals' judgment dismissing municipality's appeal on grounds that trial court's preliminary-injunction order was not a final order that could be immediately appealed reversed.