Ohio

6th Circuit Remands Read Light Camera Case Involving Leased Vehicles for Determination of Unjust Enrichment Claim

By Cleveland Law Library

Drivers of leased vehicles will have to wait a bit longer to find out if the City of Cleveland will have to reimburse them a collective $10 million dollars over red light traffic camera tickets. The 6th Circuit issued a recent decision in the McCarthy case which upheld the law under Constitutional provisions prohibiting unjust takings (U.S. Const. amend V; Ohio Const. Art. I, § 19), but remanded the case to the district court for a determination of whether the City was unjustly enriched by collecting $100 fines from lessees under a law that purportedly only covered vehicle owners. Click here to read an article from Cleveland.com about the court's decision.

Full post as published by Cleveland Law Library Weblog on November 17, 2010 (boomark / email).