Ruling in ODNR case

WARREN

The 11th District Court of Appeals has ruled against a mandamus action by American Water Management Services filed against the Ohio Department of Natural Resources over the ODNR decision to close the company’s injection well on state Route 169 in Weathersfield Township in August 2014.

A mandamus action is used to compel someone, such as an officer or employee of the government, to act.

The legal action asked that the ODNR be forced to compensate the company for its “unlawful taking” of “all economically viable use” of its $7 million injection well. AWMS is a wholly owned subsidiary of Howland-based Avalon Holdings Inc.