Cater v. City of Cleveland

Decided August 19, 1998. Francis Edward Sweeney Sr. wrote the opinion for the court.

83 Ohio St. 3d 24 · Cited 375 times

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• Hill v. City of Urbana · 79 Ohio St. 3d 130
• Hawkins v. Ivy · 50 Ohio St. 2d 114
• Johnson's Markets, Inc. v. New Carlisle Department of Health · 58 Ohio St. 3d 28
• Couts v. Rose · 90 N.E.2d 139
• Fabrey v. McDonald Village Police Department · 70 Ohio St. 3d 351
• Vogel v. Wells · 57 Ohio St. 3d 91
• Manufacturer's National Bank v. Erie County Road Commission · 63 Ohio St. 3d 318
• Hall v. Fort Frye Local School District Board of Education · 676 N.E.2d 1241

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• Thomas v. Wooster, 07ca0059 (3-31-2008) · 2008 Ohio 1464
• Moss v. Lorain Cty. Bd. of Mental Retardation · 2014 Ohio 969
• Gentile v. Mill Creek Metropolitan Park D., Unpublished Decision (6-20-2000)
• Rankin v. Cuyahoga County Department of Children & Family Services · 118 Ohio St. 3d 392
• Schoenfield v. Navarre · 164 Ohio App. 3d 571
• Garvey v. Vermilion · 2012 Ohio 1258
• Needham v. Columbus · 2014 Ohio 1457
• Carpenter v. Scherer-Mountain Insurance Agency · 733 N.E.2d 1196
• Moss v. Lorain County Board of Mental Retardation · 185 Ohio App. 3d 395
• Ziegler v. Mahoning County Sheriff's Department · 739 N.E.2d 1237
• Makowski v. Kohler · 2011 Ohio 2382
• Vinicky v. Pristas · 163 Ohio App. 3d 508
• Copeland v. City of Cincinnati · 825 N.E.2d 681
• Padula v. Hall, Unpublished Decision (9-2-2004) · 2004 Ohio 4823
• Fogle v. Village of Bentleyville, 88375 (7-24-2008) · 2008 Ohio 3660
• Sobiski v. Cuyahoga Cnty. D. C. F.S., Unpublished Decision (11-18-2004) · 2004 Ohio 6108
• Moore v. Lorain Metro. Hous. Auth., Unpublished Decision (9-28-2007) · 2007 Ohio 5111
• Johnson v. Calhoun, 23725 (2-13-2008) · 2008 Ohio 549
• Hahn v. Redmond, 23491 (9-30-2008) · 2008 Ohio 5002
• Jones v. Franklin County Sheriff's Dept., Unpublished Decision (6-21-1999)
• Stillwell v. City of Xenia, Unpublished Decision (2-16-2001)
• Kinstle v. Jennison · 901 N.E.2d 830
• Prather v. Whitaker, Unpublished Decision (3-31-2000)

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