1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Ohio
  4. 37 Ohio
  5. 37 Ohio St. 3d 50 (1988)
 

CLEVELAND ELEC. ILLUM. CO. v. CITY OF CLEVELAND

No. 87-852.

37 Ohio St. 3d 50 (1988)

CLEVELAND ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING COMPANY, APPELLANT, v. CITY OF CLEVELAND ET AL., APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided May 25, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Daniel J. O'Loughlin, Frank J. Pokorny, Alan D. Wright and Carl E. Chancellor, for appellant.

Calfee, Halter & Griswold, John E. Gotherman, Mark I. Wallach, Marilyn G. Zack, director of law, and June M. Wiener, for appellees.

Kelley, McCann & Livingstone, Stephen M. O'Brien and Daniel S. Strouse, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Ohio Municipal Attorneys Assn.

Patrick A. D'Angelo, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Assn.

DOUGLAS, J.

The question we must decide today is whether the Charter of the city of Cleveland forbids the release of Muni Light from any obligation to repay the sum of $29,450,273 previously expended by the city for the benefit of Muni Light. We hold that the city charter prohibits the use of tax-generated funds to subsidize municipally owned public utilities such as Muni Light.

The Charter of the city of Cleveland contains the following pertinent provisions...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases