MALCOLM-SMITH v. GOFF

No. 99-2287.

90 Ohio St.3d 316 (2000)

MALCOLM-SMITH ET AL., APPELLEES, v. GOFF, SUPT., ET AL., APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 13, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Uche Mgbaraho, Sara J. Harper, Roy Kaufman and Stanley Tolliver, for appellees.

Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, Roger F. Carroll and James G. Tassie, Assistant Attorneys General, and Stephen P. Carney, Associate Solicitor, for appellants John M. Goff and state of Ohio.

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, L.L.P., Frederick R. Nance and Steven A. Friedman; and Cornell P. Carter, Director of Law, for appellant Michael R. White.

Lisa Marie Ruda, Chief Legal Counsel, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Cleveland Municipal School District.


The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed by reason of res judicata. Stromberg v. Bratenahl Bd. of Edn. (1980), 64 Ohio St.2d 98, 18 O.O.3d 343, 413 N.E.2d 1184. See, also, Richards v. Jefferson Cty., Alabama (1996), 517 U.S. 793, 803, 116 S.Ct. 1761, 1768, 135 L.Ed.2d 76, 87.

MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON...

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