[Cite as Royse v. Dayton, 132 Ohio St.3d 125, 2012-Ohio-2574.]




                 ROYSE, APPELLEE, v. CITY OF DAYTON, APPELLANT.
         [Cite as Royse v. Dayton, 132 Ohio St.3d 125, 2012-Ohio-2574.]
Appeal dismissed as having been improvidently accepted.
       (No. 2011-1477—Submitted May 9, 2012—Decided June 13, 2012.)
     APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Montgomery County, No. 24172,
                        195 Ohio App.3d 81, 2011-Ohio-3509.
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        {¶ 1} The cause is dismissed, sua sponte, as having been improvidently
accepted.
        O’CONNOR, C.J., and PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O’DONNELL,
LANZINGER, CUPP, and MCGEE BROWN, JJ., concur.
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        Thompson Hine, L.L.P., and Terry Posey Jr.; and Terry Posey, for
appellee.
        John J. Danish, Dayton City Attorney, and Jonathan W. Croft and Norma
Dickens, Assistant City Attorneys, for appellant.
        Michael DeWine, Attorney General, Alexandra T. Schimmer, Solicitor
General, and Michael J. Hendershot, Chief Deputy Counsel, for amicus curiae
state of Ohio.
        Ice Miller L.L.P., Stephen L. Byron, and Rebecca K. Schaltenbrand; and
John Gotherman, urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Municipal League.
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