REISTER v. GARDNER

No. 2019-1815.

174 N.E.3d 713 (2020)

164 Ohio St.3d 546

2020-Ohio-5484

REISTER, Receiver, Appellant, v. GARDNER et al., Appellees; ClarkWestern Dietrich Building Systems, L.L.C., d.b.a. ClarkDietrich, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 3, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Helmer, Martins, Rice & Popham Co., L.P.A., James B. Helmer Jr. , Robert M. Rice , Jennifer L. Lambert , and B. Nathaniel Garrett ; and Millikin & Fitton Law Firm, Steven A. Tooman , and Heather Sanderson Lewis , for appellant John J. Reister.

Frost Brown Todd, L.L.C., and Mathew C. Blickensderfer ; and Cohen & Grigsby, P.C., Anthony M. Cillo , and Fridrikh V. Shrayber , for appellant ClarkWestern Dietrich Building Systems, L.L.C.

Dinsmore & Shohl, L.L.P., Brian S. Sullivan , Peter J. Georgiton , and Justin M. Burns ; and Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry, Scott M. Ratchick , and John C. Guin , for appellee Edward R. Slish.

Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, L.L.P., Daniel R. Warncke , and Aaron M. Herzig ; and Fox Rothschild, L.L.P., Jeffrey M. Pollock , and Robert J. Rohrberger , for appellee William A. Gardner.

Squire Patton Boggs, L.L.P. Lauren S. Kuley , and Benjamin Beaton ; and Kevin D. Shrimp , urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Ohio Chamber of Commerce.


{¶ 1} The law is a large and sometimes complicated field. It is made less complicated by the fact that litigants, lawyers, and judges alike may look to precedent for guidance. The Federalist No. 78 at 471 (Alexander Hamilton) (Clinton Rossiter Ed.1961). From time to time, however, discrete concepts are nonetheless confused...

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