Desenco, Inc. v. City of Akron

Appellants challenge the statutes that allow for the establishment of joint economic development districts (“JEDDs”) on four constitutional grounds: (1) that the statutes improperly delegate the power to levy taxes, (2) that the statutes violate the Uniformity Clause of the Ohio Constitution, (3) that the statutes deny equal protection as guaranteed by the United States and the Ohio Constitutions, and (4) that the statutes violate due process as guaranteed by both Constitutions.

In 1993, the General Assembly adopted legislation that allowed for the creation of JEDDs in order to facilitate…