Goodman v. Hanseman ( 2012 )

[Cite as Goodman v. Hanseman, 132 Ohio St.3d 23, 2012-Ohio-1587.]
GOODMAN, DIR., OHIO DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, APPELLANT, v.
HANSEMAN, ADMR., ET AL., APPELLEES.
[Cite as Goodman v. Hanseman, 132 Ohio St.3d 23, 2012-Ohio-1587.]
Appellate procedure—Standing.
(No. 2010-2159—Submitted November 1, 2011—Decided April 12, 2012.)
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Montgomery County,
Nos. 23834, 23835, and 23842, 2010-Ohio-5273.
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Per Curiam.
{¶ 1} To have appellate standing, a party must be “ ‘aggrieved by the
final order appealed from.’ ” State ex rel. Merrill v. Ohio Dept. of Natural
Resources, 130 Ohio St.3d 30, 2011-Ohio-4612, 955 N.E.2d 935, ¶ 28, quoting
Ohio Contract Carriers Assn., Inc. v. Pub. Util. Comm., 140 Ohio St. 160, 42
N.E.2d 758 (1942), syllabus. Accord State ex rel. Gabriel v. Youngstown, 75
Ohio St.3d 618, 665 N.E.2d 209 (1996). Appellees, the cross-appellants below,
did not have standing to appeal the decision of the trial court. Accordingly, the
portion of the court of appeals decision concerning the powers of the Division of
Securities is vacated.
So ordered.
O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’DONNELL,
LANZINGER, CUPP, and MCGEE BROWN, JJ., concur.
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Michael DeWine, Attorney General, Alexandra T. Schimmer, Solicitor
General, Stephen P. Carney, Deputy Solicitor, and Cheryl R. Hawkinson and
Dennis P. Smith Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, for appellant.
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO
Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, L.L.P., Ralph W. Kohnen, and Eric Combs,
for appellee Alice Jane Dillabaugh.
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