VILLAGE OF MONROEVILLE v. WARD

No. 70-135.

27 Ohio St. 2d 179 (1971)

VILLAGE OF MONROEVJLLE, APPELLEE, v. WARD, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 14, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Franklin D. Eckstein, village solicitor, for appellee.

Messrs. Berkman, Gordon, Kancelbaum & Schwartz and Mr. Niki Z. Schwartz, for appellant.


O'NEILL, C. J.

Two questions are presented in this appeal: (1) Whether the 1968 amendment to Section 4 of Article IV of the Ohio Constitution divests the General Assembly of power to provide Courts of Common Pleas with jurisdiction to review judgments of mayors' courts, and (2) whether a mayor, who serves as chief executive officer of a municipality, can function impartially in a judicial capacity.

Prior to its amendment in 1968, Section 4 of Article IV read...

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