A person who said their property in one city was “taken” by the actions of another city may sue to force the second city to pay them, the Ohio Supreme Court said Thursday.
The ruling, which revives a long-running dispute between homeowners and occupants in a suburb near Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, clarifies the state law associated with “inverse-condemnation” lawsuits—which seek payment from a city when it harms a property’s value without suing to acquire it.
While the court has long interpreted home rule, which generally allows municipalities to police and govern themselves, as not giving a city the ...