STATE EX REL. ROOTSTOWN LOCAL SCH. DIST. BD. OF EDN. v. PORTAGE CTY. CT. OF COMMON PLEAS

No. 97-233.

78 Ohio St.3d 489 (1997)

THE STATE EX REL. ROOTSTOWN LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION ET AL. v. PORTAGE COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS ET AL.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided April 28, 1997.)


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnson, Balazs & Angelo, Michael J. Angelo, Thomas L. Colaluca and Gina A. Kuhlman, for relators.

Victor V. Vigluicci, Portage County Prosecuting Attorney, and Denise L. Smith, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for respondent Portage County Court of Common Pleas.

Buckley, King & Bluso and James E. Melle, for intervening respondents.

Livorno & Arnett Co., L.P.A., and Henry A. Arnett, urging denial of the writ for amicus curiae, Ohio Association of Professional Fire Fighters.

Herman S. Whitter, urging denial of the writ for amicus curiae, Ohio Civil Service Employees Association, AFSCME Local 11, AFL-CIO.

Stewart Jaffy & Assoc. Co., L.P.A., Stewart R. Jaffy and Marc J. Jaffy, urging denial of the writ for amicus curiae, Ohio AFL-CIO.


Per Curiam.

Prohibition: General Rules

In their propositions of law, relators assert that they are entitled to a writ of prohibition because the common pleas court lacks jurisdiction over the claims in the underlying action.

In order for a writ of prohibition to issue, relators must establish that (1) the common pleas court is about to exercise judicial or quasi-judicial power, (2) the exercise of that power is unauthorized by law,...

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