Amish Community Seeks Injunction Against Ohio Law Requiring Flashing Yellow Lights on Buggies in Hardin County Common Pleas Court

The Amish community is seeking an injunction of an Ohio law which mandates the use of flashing yellow lights atop horse-drawn buggies.

The case was filed in August of this year in Hardin County Common Pleas Court.

Four men from West Salem, Apple Creek, Dalton and Kenton are the plaintiffs in the case.

Listed as defendants are Ohio Attorney General Daivd Yost, Prosecutors from Hardin, Medina and Wayne Counties and Ohio State Highway Patrol Superintendent Charles A. Jones.

The suit challenges the constitutionality of the law.

The plaintiffs claim it targets the Amish community and has effectively criminalized travel for the Old Order Amish denominations, whose adherents cannot use the electric lights without violating their religious beliefs.

A hearing was held Tuesday, and Judge Steve Christopher granted a temporary restraining order.

According to court documents, a hearing to consider the plaintiffs motion for a preliminary and final injunction was set for July 8 and 9, 2025 in Hardin County Common Pleas Court.