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· 10/6/2022

State ex rel. Ware v. Sentence Computation Bur.

Citations

  • 2022 Ohio 3562

Syllabus

Finding no error of law or other defect on the face of the magistrate's decision, this court adopts the magistrate's decision as our own, including the findings of fact and conclusions of law. In accordance with the magistrate's decision, we deny as moot relator's motion for judgment on the pleadings, grant relator's motion for summary judgment in part, grant a partial writ of mandamus, and award relator the sum of $1,000 as statutory damages.

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  • requiring \more than one reasonable interpretation\ for a finding of ambiguity (citation omitted)
  • defining \relating to\ as \to stand in some relation; to have bearing or concern; to pertain; refer; to bring into association with or connection with\ (citations omitted) (internal quotation marks omitted)
  • relying on caselaw and dictionary definitions to define “relating to” and “zoning”
  • relying on caselaw and dictionary definitions to define “relating to” and “zoning”
  • “A statute is ambiguous only if it is susceptible to more than one reasonable interpretation.”
  • employing the technical meaning of the word “zoning”

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Judges: Jamison

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