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SLIP OPINION NO. 2026-OHIO-2574

[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as Cincinnati v. State, Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-2574.]

Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed on the authority of Doe v. Columbus.

(No. 2024-1158―Submitted July 1, 2026―Decided July 9, 2026.)

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Hamilton County, No. C-230492, 2024-Ohio-2425.

The below judgment of the court was joined by KENNEDY, C.J., and DEWINE, DETERS, HAWKINS, and SHANAHAN, JJ. FISCHER and BRUNNER, JJ., dissented and would dismiss the appeal as having been improvidently accepted.

{¶ 1} The judgment of the First District Court of Appeals is affirmed on the authority of Doe v. Columbus, 2026-Ohio-1095.

Emily Smart Woerner, Cincinnati City Solicitor, and Scott M. Heenan and Shuva J. Paul, Assistant City Solicitors, for appellants, the City of Cincinnati, Mayor Aftab Pureval, and Vice-Mayor Jan-Michele Kearney.

D. Andrew Wilson, Attorney General, and Stephen P. Tabatowski, Julie M. Pfieffer, and Gregory A. Rustico, for appellee.