CITY OF TWINSBURG v. STATE EMP. RELATIONS BD.

No. 86-1947.

39 Ohio St. 3d 226 (1988)

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

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided November 2, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. LeFaiver, law director, for appellant.

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

Climaco, Climaco, Seminatore, Lefkowitz & Garofoli Co., L.P.A., Paul S. Lefkowitz and Susannah Muskovitz, for appellee Northern Ohio Patrolmen's Benevolent Assn.

Lucas, Prendergast, Albright, Gibson & Newman, Robert J. Walter and Rankin M. Gibson, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Ohio Association of Public School Employees, AFSCME/AFL-CIO, Local No. 4.

Hensley, Cox, Murry & Clark and James A. Hensley, Jr., urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Fraternal Order of Police of Ohio, Inc.

Cloppert, Portman, Sauter, Latanick & Foley, Robert W. Sauter and Russell E. Carnahan, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Fraternal Order of Police, Capital City Lodge No. 9.

Joseph W. Diemert, Jr. & Associates Co., L.P.A., Joseph W. Diemert, Jr. and William F. Schmitz, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Cuyahoga County Firefighters Assn.

Stewart Jaffy & Associates Co., L.P.A., Stewart R. Jaffy and Renny J. Tyson, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Ohio Assn. of Professional Fire Fighters.

Berkman, Gordon, Murray & Palda, George W. Palda, Lorraine R. Baumgardner and Kirschner, Weinberg & Dempsey, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, Ohio Council 8.

Green, Haines, Sgambati, Murphy & Macala Co., L.P.A., Dennis Haines and Richard T. Bush, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Ohio Education Assn.

Charles E. Merchant, urging reversal for amicus curiae, city of Richmond Heights.

Paul A. Grau, director of law, Nick A. Mandanici, director of law, and Ross S. Cirincione, urging reversal for amicus curiae, city of Brecksville and the city of Warrensville Heights.

Calfee, Halter & Griswold, John E. Gotherman, Mark I. Wallach and William E. Coughlin, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Ohio Municipal League.


LOCHER, J.

In Rocky River v. State Emp. Relations Bd. (1988), 39 Ohio St.3d 196, 530 N.E.2d 1, this court held that the provision for mandatory binding arbitration of collective bargaining disputes over municipal safety-employee benefits and wages, R.C. 4117.14(I), was unconstitutional in that such section (I) violated a municipality's right to exercise the powers of local self-government under Sections 3 and...

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