We've reported previously on the status of the appeal before the Ohio Supreme Court involving the state's sole and exclusive authority to regulate oil and gas production operations in Ohio (e.g., see here). As the Akron Beacon Journal reports, oral arguments were held this past week: "The arguments were short, and heavy questioning from the justices dominated the 49-minute hearing in the case that pits the city of Munroe Falls against Beck Energy Corp. of Ravenna. *** The key issue is whether zoning rules that communities enact under home rule are superseded by Ohio law that gives the state exclusive rights to regulate gas and oil drilling."
(Disclosure: Vorys represents Beck Energy in the appeal.)