STATE EX REL. DIR., OHIO DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE v. FORCHIONE

No. 2016-0729.

148 Ohio St.3d 105 (2016)

2016-Ohio-3049

THE STATE EX REL. DIR., OHIO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, v. FORCHIONE, JUDGE; HUNTSMAN ET AL.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided May 18, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael DeWine , Attorney General, Eric E. Murphy , State Solicitor, Peter T. Reed , Deputy Solicitor, and James R. Patterson and Lydia M. Arko , Assistant Attorneys General, for relator.

Kevin R. L'Hommedieu , Special Prosecuting Attorney, for respondent.

John L. Juergensen Co., L.P.A., and John L. Juergensen , for intervening respondents.

PFEIFER, J., not participating.


{¶ 1} In 2012, the Ohio legislature enacted the Dangerous Wild Animals and Restricted Snakes Act, R.C. Chapter 935, to regulate the acquisition, possession, care, sale, and transfer of "dangerous wild animals." Under that statutory scheme, no person may possess a dangerous wild animal after January 1, 2014, without a permit...

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