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IN the Supretvir COURT of OHIO fA IN THE SUPREtVIR COURT OF OHIO STATE ex rel. LETOHIOVO'I'E.ORG, et al., Case No. 2010-0367 Relators, vs. Original Action in Prohibition JENNIFER BRUNNER, OI-IIO SECRETARY OF STATE, Respondent. STATE ex. rel. NEW MODELS, et al., Relators, Case No. 2010-0415 vs. Original Action in Prohibition JENNIFER BRLJNNER, OHIO SECRETARY OF STATE, Respondent. STATE ex. ret. NORMAN B. CUMMINGS, et ^--- --___ al., Case No. 2010-0421 Relator, vs. Original Action in Prohibition JENNIFER BRUNNER, OHIO SECRETARY OF STATE, Respondent. MERI'I'S B EF OF RELATORS NEW MODELS AND TIMOTHY CRAWFORD FOR WRIT OF PROHIBITION David R. Langdon (0067046) Richard Cordray (0038034) Counsel qfRecord Ohio Attorney General Thomas W. Kidd, Jr. (0066359) Richard N. Coglianese (0066830) Bradley M. Peppo (0083847) Counsel of Reeord LANGDON LAW LLC Pearl M. Chin (0078810) 11175 Reading Rd., Ste. 104 Erick D. Gale (0075723) Cincinnati, Ohio 45241 Assistant Attorneys General (513)577-7380 Constitutional Offices Section (513) 577-7383 fax 30 East Broad Street, 16th Floor [email protected] Columbus, Ohio 43215 [email protected]^n (614) 466-2872 bpej2pou langdonlaw.coni (614) 728-7592 fax richard.coalianese@ohioatY^^ Attorneys forRelators LetOhioVote.org, pearl.chin@ohio-,tttoi-neygeneral.gov Ttcontas E. Brinkman, Jr., Gene Pierce, erick.Qale@ohioattorneygeneral. ,.ovv and Carlo LoParo Attorneys for Respondent Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner John H. Burtch (0025815) Brian J. Laliberte (0071125) Counsel of Record Counsel of Record Rodger L. Eckelbetry (0071207) David F. Axelrod (0024023) Robert J. Tucker (0082205) Axelrod, LLC Baker & Hostetler, LLP 250 Civic Center Drive, Suite 500 65 East State Street, Suite 2100 Columbus, Ohio 43215 Columbus, Ohio 43215 (614) 284-7171 (614) 228-1541 (614) 448-4554 (614) 462-2616 fax [email protected] [email protected] reckelberry@baker]a,A,.com Attot-neys for Relator Nonnan B. Ctcmmings [email protected] Attorne_ys, for Relators New Models and Tiniothy Crarvford TABLE OF CONTENTS Paee TABLE OF AUTIIORITIES ..... ................................. ............................ ii 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................. 1 II. FACTUAL BACKGROUND............................................................ I 111. LAW AND ARGUIvIENT................................................................. 3 A. Standard for a Writ of Prohibition ............................................... 3 B. Secretary Brunner Has Exercised Judicial Or Quasi- Judicial Power .............................................................................. 4 C. Secretary Brunner Is Not Authorized By Law To Issue These Subpoenas ................................................................ 5 1. Secretary Brunner Is Without Authority To Issue Subpoenas In Connection With An Investigation Of Alleged Violations Of Ohio Campaign Finance Laws .......... 5 2. Secretary Brunner Improperly Served The Subpoenas On Relators Outside Of Ohio................................................. 9 D. A Writ Of Prohibition Is The Proper Remedy To Prevent Secretary Brunner From Exercising Unauthorized Quasi- Judicial Power .............................................................................. 10 IV. CONCLUSION .................................................................................. 11 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE ...................................................................... 13 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES Cases: Page In the Matter of Hale, 7th Dist. No. 01-BA-21, 2002-Ohio-1153 ................. 9 McFarland v. Slattery (January 13, 1983), 8th Dist. No. 44424, 1983 Ohio App. LF.,XIS 12925 ...................................................................... 9 Ohio Bell Tel. Co. v. Ferguson (1980), 61 Ohio St.2d 74 ............................. 5 State ex rel. DeBrosse v. Cool, 87 Ohio St.3d I ............................................ 10 State ex rel. Haylett v. Ohio Bureau of Workers' Conip. ( 1999), 87 Ohio St.3d 325 .......................................................................................... 4 State ex ret. Hunter v. Summit County Human Resource Comm'n (1998), 81 Ohio St.3d 450 .......................................................................................... 4 State ex rel. Lomaz v. Court of'Common Pleas (1988), 36 Ohio St.3d 209 .......................................................................................... 4 State ex rel. Ministerial Day Care Assoc. v. Montgomery (2003), 100 Ohio St.3d 343 ........................................................................................ 5 State ex rel. Ohio Denaoc•ratie Party v. Blackwell (2006), 111 Ohio St.3d 246 ........................................................................................ 5,6 Statntes• R.C. 3501.05 ...... ............................................................................................ 5, 6, 8, 9 R.C. 3517.11 .................................................................................................. 5, 6, 7, 9 R.C. 3517.13 .................................................................................................. 6,7 R.C. 3517.151 ................................................................................................ 6 R.C. 3517.152 ................................................................................................ 8 R.C. 3517.153 ... ............................................................................................. 6, 8, 9 R.C. 3599.37 .................................................................................................. 2 Other: Secretary of State ADVISORY NO. 2007-16 ............................................... 7 I. INTRODUCTION On March 5, 2010, Relators New Models ("New Models") and Timothy Crawford ("Mr. Crawford") (eollectively "Relators") filed a Complaint for Writ of Prohibition against Respondent Ohio Secretary of State 7etinifer Brunner ("Secretary Brunner") directing her to "cease and desist from attempting to enforce subpoenas, from threatening criminal prosecution for noncompliance with the subpoenas, or from attempting to compel Relators to appear and testify or to produce documents[]" Tn her pursuit of an unlawful investigation of whether LetOhioVote.org ("Let Ohio Vote"), a ballot issue comsnittee, violated Ohio's campaign finance reporting laws, Secretary Brunner issucd subpoenas to Relators, attempting to compel them under threat of criminal prosecution to appear in Ohio to testify at a deposition and to produce documents. Secretary Brunner issued the subpoenas in furtherance of an investigation which she patently and unambiguously lacks the authority to conduct, an authority given exclusively to the Ohio Elections Commission. Therefore, Secretary Brunner has no authority to issue the subpoenas. Moreover, the subpoenas are facially invalid because Secretary Brwmer improperly served the subpoenas on Relators outside the state of Ohio. For these reasons, and as discussed more fully below, Relators are entitled to a writ of prohibition ordering Secretaiy Brunner to cease and desist from the unlawful exercise of quasi-judicial power over Relators. II. FACTUALBACKGROUND Let Ohio Vote, a ballot issue committee and its members, have filed a RePerendum Petition with the Ohio Secretary of State seeking to refer legislation concerning "video lottery terminals" to the voters of Ohio for their approval or rejection at the next general election. New Models is the sole contributor to Let Ohio Vote. (Aff. of Mayhew at 9[ 9, attached as Exhibit 2 to SOS's Filing of Evidence). Mr. Crawford is the president of New Models. On Febrvary 17, 2010, Secretary Brunner issued a press release announcing that she opened a"campaign-finance investigation regarding Let Ohio Vote." (Compl. at'1[ 6; Ex. 2). In that press release, Secretary Brunner stated that as the chief elections officer, she "is responsible for oversecing campaign finance filings for statewide ballot issues." (Id. at 9[ 7a; Ex. 2). She further stated that she "issued subpoenas to LetOhioVote.org and New Models, a Glen-Allen, Va.-based corporation, and others reported to be connected to the coinpany to submit to depositions and to produce certain records in connection with the investigation." (Id. at'J[ 7e; Ex. 2). On February 16, 2010, Secretary Brunner's office issued two subpoenas to New Models and Timothy Crawford. (New Models Dep. at Ex. A; Crawford Dep. at Ex. E). The subpoena directed at New Models was served on CT Corporation, New Models' statutory agent in Virginia, on February 18, 2010. (New Models Dep. at Ex. B). The subpoena directed at Mr. Crawford was served on him personally at his residence in Virginia on February 19, 2010. (Crawford Dep. at Ex. F). The purpose of the subpoenas was to "determine whether LetOhioVote.org's campaign finance statement was complete and accurate and in compliance with Ohio campaign finance law." (Shinn Aff. at y[ 5, attached as Exhibit 3 to SOS's Filing of Evidence). The subpoenas commanded Relators to appear before Secretary Brunner in Ohio on March 5, 2010 to testify as witnesses, and to produce an overbroad mountain of various documents. (New Models Dep. at Ex. A; Crawford Dep. at Ex. E). The subpoenas threaten Relators with criminal punishment under R.C. 3599.37 if they fail to appear, refuse to testify, or refuse to produce the requested documents. (Id.). On March 4, 2010, counsel for Relators sent a letter to Brian Shinn, Assistant General Counsel and Chief Elections Counsel for Secretary Brunner, objecting
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