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Cleveland Charter Amendments re Civil Service Unconstitutional - Read the Opinion

Sue Altmeyer, Electronic Services Librarian, sue.altmeyer@law.csuohio.edu | June 15, 2009 - 13:29

We recently uploaded the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court's opinion declaring the Cleveland Charter Amendments concerning civil service unconstitutional. See Madigan v. City of Cleveland (May 22, 2009), Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Case No. CV-08-675397. The court held the Charter amendments violated Ohio Constitution, Article VX, Section 10, which requires all appointments and promotions to "be ascertained, as far as practicable, by competitive examinations". The case is currently pending in the Eighth District Court of Appeals, Case No. 93367. Also see "Judge Timothy McGinty's Ruling Complicates Cleveland Civil Service Feud", The Plain Dealer, May 26, 2009.

For other pending cases involving Ohio Constitutional Law issues, see the Ohio Constitutional Law web page , particularly the Cases to Watch: Ohio Supreme Court Watch , appellate and trial court sections.


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