CITY OF ROCKY RIVER v. STATE EMP. RELATIONS BD.

No. 87-157.

39 Ohio St. 3d 196 (1988)

CITY OF ROCKY RIVER, APPELLANT, v. STATE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD ET AL., APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided November 2, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Calfee, Halter & Griswold, Mark I. Wallach, William E. Coughlin, John E. Gotherman and Russell A. Olson, law director, for appellant.

Anthony J. Celebrezze, Jr., attorney general, and Loren L. Braverman, for appellee State Employment Relations Board.

Joseph W. Diemert, Jr. & Associates Co., L.P.A., Joseph W. Diemert, Jr. and William F. Schmitz, for appellee Rocky River Firefighters Assn., Local 695.

Berkman, Gordon, Murray & Palda, George W. Palda and Lorraine R. Baumgardner, for appellee AFSCME Ohio Council 8.

Conway, Barclay, Deyo & Kurant Co., L.P.A., and Donald K. Barclay, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Ohio Municipal League.


MOYER, C.J.

The issue of first impression presented in this case is whether R.C. 4117.14(I), which mandates binding arbitration for collective bargaining disputes between the exclusive representatives of municipal safety forces and a municipal employer, is unconstitutional to the extent that it violates the city of Rocky River's powers of local self-government and is an improper delegation of legislative power. For the reasons stated below, we answer that question...

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