COLUMBUS -- "Two Preble County solar farms got the go ahead from Ohio’s Supreme Court last week, but the case may prove to be more consequential than the dispute it settled. Writing for the majority, Justice Pat DeWine staked out a position that seemingly asserts judicial authority over state agency decisions.

It reiterates and extends a doctrine established in a case last year known as TWISM. That decision held the court’s interpretation of statutes supersedes that of an executive agency. The latest case added that the court has the final say on interpreting an agency’s rules as well."

--Nick Evans, Ohio Capital Journal

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