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Change of name—Denial of request to change name by transsexual—Court of
appeals’ judgment reversed on authority of In re Bicknell.
(No. 2001-1726—Submitted and decided August 16, 2002.)
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Butler County, No. CA2000-08-168.
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{¶1} Oral argument is cancelled.
{¶2} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of In
re Bicknell,
.
DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY and PFEIFER, JJ., concur.
MOYER, C.J., and COOK, J., would order the parties to show cause why this
cause should not be decided on the authority of In re Bicknell.
LUNDBERG STRATTON, J., dissents.
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LUNDBERG STRATTON, J., dissenting.
{¶3} I respectfully dissent for the reasons set forth in my dissenting opinion
in In re Bicknell,
, ¶ 19-21.
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Scott E. Knox, for appellant Richard Clark Maloney.
Jillian S. Davis and Raymond V. Vasvari, Jr., for amicus curiae American
Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation, in support of appellant.
Heather C. Sawyer and Susan J. Becker, for amici curiae Ohio
Psychological Association, National Association of Social Workers and its Ohio
Chapter, American Public Health Association, American Counseling Association,
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., and Ohio Human Rights Bar
Association, in support of appellant.
David R. Langdon, urging affirmance for amicus curiae American Family
Association of Ohio.
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