Pat DeWine: Wrote the Supreme Court of Ohio's majority opinion in State ex rel. Martens v. Findlay Municipal Court, 2024-Ohio-5667, which overruled the court's 1999 Sheward decision and its public-right exception, holding that the Ohio Constitution requires a party to have suffered an injury in order to have standing to sue.

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Pat DeWine: Wrote the Supreme Court of Ohio's majority opinion in State ex rel. Martens v. Findlay Municipal Court, 2024-Ohio-5667, which overruled the court's 1999 Sheward decision and its public-right exception, holding that the Ohio Constitution requires a party to have suffered an injury in order to have standing to sue.

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What: Wrote the Supreme Court of Ohio's majority opinion in State ex rel. Martens v. Findlay Municipal Court, 2024-Ohio-5667, which overruled the court's 1999 Sheward decision and its public-right exception, holding that the Ohio Constitution requires a party to have suffered an injury in order to have standing to sue.

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State ex rel. Martens v. Findlay Mun. Court, 2024-Ohio-5667 · Supreme Court of Ohio · 2024-12-05 · accessed 2026-09-24
Court No Longer Recognizes 'Public-Right' Exception that Had Allowed a Party To Bring a Lawsuit Without Any Personal Injury · Court News Ohio (Supreme Court of Ohio) · 2024-12-05 · accessed 2026-09-24

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