COLUMBUS, Ohio - The operators of Cedar Point did not violate agreements with season pass holders when they kept the amusement park closed during the COVID-19 pandemic in May 2020.

That’s according to a ruling handed down Thursday by the Ohio Supreme Court.

In a unanimous decision, the justices found that park owners were able to alter dates of operation without advance notice and close rides and attractions during the shutdown ordered by the state government in response to the virus outbreak.

The court found that Cedar Fair, the owner of the Sandusky amusement park, was not contractually bound by its season passes to open its parks in May and June of 2020.

Cedar Fair reserved its right in the season pass terms to adjust the dates of operation in its parks without notice and to close its rides and attractions “for weather and other conditions,” according to the opinion.

“There is no question that Ohio’s government-mandated shutdown during the COVID-19 pandemic was a condition that required Cedar Fair to close its parks for approximately two months,” according to Justice Sharon Kennedy who wrote the opinion

The lawsuit was filed by Laura Valentine and others who purchased a 2020 season pass to use at Cedar Point before the decision to keep the park closed in May and June under state orders.