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Ohio Rev. Code § 3335.03 (2026)

Powers of trustees

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Effective:
September 26, 1988
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Senate Bill 344 - 117th General Assembly
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(A) The trustee and their successors in office shall be styled the "board of trustees of the Ohio state university," with the right as such, of suing and being sued, of contracting and being contracted with, of making and using a common seal, and altering it at their pleasure.

(B) Except as specifically provided in division (A)(2) of section 2743.03 of the Revised Code, the court of claims has exclusive, original jurisdiction of all civil actions against the Ohio state university board of trustees.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1958–2025 · leading case: Schwarz v. Bd. of Trs. of Ohio State Univ., 510 N.E.2d 808 (Ohio 1987).
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Schwarz v. Bd. of Trs. of Ohio State Univ., 510 N.E.2d 808 (Ohio 1987). · cites it 18× “In the cause sub judice, two issues are posed for our consideration: (1) whether R.C. 3335.03 permits the maintenance of a breach of contract action against the OSU Board of Trustees in the court of common pleas within the ambit of R.”
Daniel v. Am. Bd. of Emergency Med., 988 F. Supp. 127 (W.D.N.Y. 1997). · cites it 4× “Ohio Rev.Code Ann. § 3335.03. These powers are, however, specifically defined and limited by the state legislature.”
Bailey v. Ohio State Univ., 487 F. Supp. 601 (S.D. Ohio 1980). · cites it 2× “Although a state university is elsewhere defined as “a body politic and corporate,” O.”
Pichiorri v. Burghes (S.D. Ohio 2024). · cites it 2× “; citing Ohio Rev. Code § 3335.03 and § 2743.03(A)(2).”
Wolf v. Ohio State Univ. Hosp., 170 Ohio St. (N.S.) 49 (Ohio 1959). · cites it 4× “The crux of this controversy is the significance of Section 3335.03, Revised Code, reading as follows: “The trustees and their successors in office shall be styled the ‘Board of Trustees of The Ohio Stale University,’ with the right as such, of suing and being sued, of…”
Bavaria v. Ohio State Univ., 2024 Ohio 3217 (Ohio Ct. Cl. 2024). “R.C. 3335.03(A). {¶51} Second, under Ohio’s Statute of Frauds, “[n]o action shall be brought whereby to charge the defendant .”
Ramsey v. Cent. State Univ. Bd. of Trs., 2025 Ohio 2171 (Ohio Ct. Cl. 2025). “”) with R.C. 3335.03(A) (providing that “[t]he trustees and their successors in office shall be styled the ‘board of trustees of the Ohio state university,’ with the right as such, of suing and being sued, of contracting and being contracted with, of making and using a common…”
Wolf v. Ohio State Univ. Hosp., 158 N.E.2d 909 (Ohio Ct. App. 1958). “We hold that §3335.03 R. C., with reference to the power to sue and be sued, was properly strictly construed by Judge Marshall of the Court of Common Pleas and that this section does not extend the right to sue for damages arising in tort.”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 3335.03(A) — 3 cases
Daniel v. Am. Bd. of Emergency Med., 988 F. Supp. 127 (W.D.N.Y. 1997). “Ohio Rev.Code Ann. § 3335.03. These powers are, however, specifically defined and limited by the state legislature.”
Bavaria v. Ohio State Univ., 2024 Ohio 3217 (Ohio Ct. Cl. 2024). “R.C. 3335.03(A). {¶51} Second, under Ohio’s Statute of Frauds, “[n]o action shall be brought whereby to charge the defendant .”
Ramsey v. Cent. State Univ. Bd. of Trs., 2025 Ohio 2171 (Ohio Ct. Cl. 2025). “”) with R.C. 3335.03(A) (providing that “[t]he trustees and their successors in office shall be styled the ‘board of trustees of the Ohio state university,’ with the right as such, of suing and being sued, of contracting and being contracted with, of making and using a common…”
— Ohio Rev. Code § 3335.03(B) — 1 case
Daniel v. Am. Bd. of Emergency Med., 988 F. Supp. 127 (W.D.N.Y. 1997). “Ohio Rev.Code Ann. § 3335.03. These powers are, however, specifically defined and limited by the state legislature.”
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