STATE, EX REL. EAST CLEVELAND ASSN. OF FIREFIGHTERS v. CITY OF EAST CLEVELAND

No. 87-859.

40 Ohio St. 3d 222 (1988)

THE STATE, EX REL. EAST CLEVELAND ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS, LOCAL 500, I.A.F.F., ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. CITY OF EAST CLEVELAND ET AL., APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 30, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Diemert, Jr. & Associates Co., L.P.A., Joseph W. Diemert, Jr. and William F. Schmitz, for appellants.

James Alexander, Jr., director of law, for appellees.


Per Curiam.

The question presented for our review is whether the Mayor of East Cleveland is required to fill a vacancy in the rank of lieutenant in the East Cleveland Fire Department with a qualified employee whose name appears on the promotion-eligible list. Because the municipal ordinances governing civil service promotions leave the decision to permanently fill such a vacancy to the mayor's discretion, we...

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