COLUMBUS, Ohio - A town in southwest Ohio will not have to refund $3 million to drivers who received camera-generated speeding tickets.

In a 4-3 decision, the Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday stand an earlier appellate court decision overturning a Butler County trial court ruling in favor of the drivers who challenged the tickets issue in the Village of New Miami.

The trial court found the village’s process for recipients to contest the speeding tickets violated their constitutional rights.

Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor and Justices Sharon L. Kennedy, Patrick F. Fischer, and Melody J. Stewart ruled the case should not have been considered by the high court, leaving the appeals decision intact.

Writing in dissent, Justice R. Patrick DeWine described New Miami’s ASEP as a “classic speed trap,” and stated the case presented an important question about the process that is due before the government may find citizens civilly liable and impose fines.

Justices Michael P. Donnelly and Jennifer Brunner joined Justice DeWine’s dissent.