Statements Filed to Judge Lucci’s Court
The OLG brief presented two important issues: 1. Based on the Appeal Court and Supreme Court decision, the description of the boundary should be changed to read: “The natural shoreline is a moving boundary located at the line where the water would be on any given day, between the ordinary high and low water marks, except for natural disturbances such as storm surges, wind tides, seiches and harbor resonance. The natural shoreline is not an “ordinary” water line or a fixed line of elevation. The line moves throughout the year based on seasonal variations in lake levels. The line also moves ...
Ohio Lakefront Group Files Motion for Attorney’s Fees in Wake of Supreme Court’s 7-0 Decision
ODNR Forced Home Owners to Sue to Protect Property Rights, Ignored Lower Court Rulings The Ohio Lakefront Group (OLG), representing 7,000 Ohioans owning property along Lake Erie and other waterways, today filed a motion asking for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) to compensate them for the $578,244 spent on defending their property rights in a seven year legal battle. The lawsuit began in 2004 when ODNR assessed some landowners for rent on their lakefront property and culminated on September 16, 2011 in a unanimous decision by the Ohio Supreme Court which affirmed the property owners’ rights and rejected the ODNR ...
Ohio Supreme Court Decision Sustains Private Property Rights
We won our Property Rights "This court has a history of protecting property rights, and our decision today continues that long-standing precedent." In what was a very long awaited decision, the Ohio Supreme Court released its decision in our 7 year battle for our property rights. There were actually 3 questions before the court from the Appellate Court and Trial Court decisions. 1. Did the Ohio Attorney General have standing in the Appellate Court after the Governor directed ODNR to honor private property deeds and subsequently ODNR withdrew from the appeal? 2. Did the National Wildlife ...
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Statements Filed to Judge Lucci’s Court
The OLG brief presented two important issues: 1. Based on the Appeal Court and Supreme Court decision, the description of...
Ohio Lakefront Group Files Motion for Attorney’s Fees in Wake of Supreme Court’s 7-0 Decision
ODNR Forced Home Owners to Sue to Protect Property Rights, Ignored Lower Court Rulings The Ohio Lakefront Group (OLG), representing...
Ohio Supreme Court Decision Sustains Private Property Rights
We won our Property Rights “This court has a history of protecting property rights, and our decision today continues...
Ohio Lakefront Group 2011 Annual Meeting
The Ohio Lakefront Group Annual Meeting was held at the Holiday Inn Westlake on Thursday May 26th. The business meeting...
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Senator Tim Grendell on the Robin Swoboda Show – WJW Fox 8 Cleveland
State Senator Tim Grendell does an excellent job of explaining the Ohio Lakefront Group’s ongoing legal battle with the state over the taking our deeded land without compensation on WJW Fox 8 Cleveland’s Robin Swoboda Show. The discussion occurs 3:44 into the segment. Sen. Grendell appeared on the show on Tuesday, August 3, 2010.
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