Dover takes Dover Chemical case to Ohio Supreme Court
DOVER – City officials have decided to take their case against the Dover Chemical Corporation to the Ohio Supreme Court.
Dover Chemical has received favorable rulings in Common Pleas and Appeals courts in its dispute over $1.1-million in punitive electric surcharges the city tried to levy against the company. Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court Judge Elizabeth Thomakos ruled Dover Chemical did not have to pay, then the Fifth District Court of Appeals ruled that Dover Chemical could sue Dover for additional claims.
The city’s attorneys are appealing to the Ohio Supreme Court. They claim the appeals court ruling rewrites state law and threatens any municipality’s ability to set utility rates.
The state Supreme Court will now decide if it will consider the case.
The city of Dover is still involved in a separate case that is before the Ohio Supreme Court. The lower court ordered former mayor Richard Homrighausen to pay the city $28,355 for wedding fees he collected during his 30 years as mayor. The Fifth District Court of Appeals affirmed the ruling. Homrighausen in January appealed the case to the Ohio Supreme Court, which has yet to decide if it will take the case.