T.W. Grogan Co. v. Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District

The defendant sewer district appeals from a declaratory judgment that its billing procedures violate the plaintiff building owner’s constitutional right to equal protection. Legitimate government interests provide a rational basis for the challenged procedures, so they do not contravene the building owner’s constitutional rights. Consequently, we reverse the trial court’s judgment.

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The plaintiff company owns and operates a large commercial office building which the defendant sewer district services with its sewer system. The sewer district is a governmental agency established pursuant to R.C.…