Water pollution
Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District v. Bath Township
The Supreme Court of Ohio held that a regional sewer district has the authority to create and impose fees for a stormwater management program. The applicable statute authorizes the sewer district to collect, treat, and dispose of "waste...
Hensley v. Columbus, City of
The court reverses and remands a lower court decision that a city's dewatering activities did not constitute a taking of homeowners' property. The court previously certified the issue to the Ohio Supreme Court, and that court held that...