Green v. Cleveland

OPINION

By MORGAN, J.

The plaintiff, a classified civil service employee of the City of Cleveland, brought this action seeking a declaratory judgment holding that classified civil service employees of Cleveland are prohibited by §140 of the City Charter from campaigning at an election either for or against a bond issue, a special tax levy, amendments to the City Charter, or in favor of or against any issue submitted to the electorate of the City of Cleveland.

Section 140 of the Cleveland Charter reads as follows:

“No person about to be appointed to any position in the administrative service of…