J.A. CROSON CO. v. J.A. GUY, INC.

Nos. 96-2578 and 97-14.

81 Ohio St.3d 346 (1998)

J.A. CROSON COMPANY, APPELLEE, v. J.A. GUY, INC. ET AL., APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided April 8, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kegler, Brown, Hill & Ritter, Ronald L. Mason and Thomas M.L. Metzger, for appellee.

Schottenstein, Zox & Dunn, Felix C. Wade and Edwin L. Skeens, for appellant J.A. Guy, Inc.

Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, L.L.P., N. Victor Goodman, Mark D. Tucker and Rex A. Littrell, for appellant Local 189.

Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, Michael D. Allen and Daniel P. Jones, Assistant Attorneys General, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Ohio Bureau of Employment Services.

Venable, Baetjer, Howard & Civiletti, L.L.P., Maurice Baskin and Paul A. Debolt, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc.

Sherman, Dunn, Cohen, Leifer & Yellig, P.C., Terry R. Yellig and Jonathan D. Newman, urging reversal for amicus curiae, the Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, and the Ohio State Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO.

Schmeltzer, Aptaker & Shepard, P.C., Robert L. Duston and Gary L. Lieber, urging reversal for amicus curiae, National Electrical Contractors Association and National Electrical Contractors Association, Ohio Conference.

Bricker & Eckler and Luther L. Liggett, Jr., urging reversal for amicus curiae, Ohio Mechanical Contracting Industry.


COOK, J.

JOB TARGETING

The legal dispute in this case centers on Local 189's use of a job targeting program. Job targeting is a strategy employed nationwide by construction unions, with the cooperation of unionized contractors, in response to declining union membership and the expanding market penetration of nonunion construction. See Northup & White, Subsidizing Contractors to Gain Employment; Construction Union "Job Targeting" (1996), 17 Berkeley J...

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