Ohio Patrolmen's Benevolent Ass'n v. Village of Lordstown

I respectfully dissent from the majority’s opinion because I fail to perceive any ambiguity in the CBA’s requirement for “just cause” to discipline officers. “Just cause” merely sets forth a common standard of employee discipline usually involving suspension or separation from the workplace. It has been implemented statutorily in Ohio. See, e.g., R.C. 3319.16 and 4141.29. This writer perceives nothing inherently ambiguous in the CBA’s use of the term “just cause,” nor simply because the standard is expressed in a clause of the CBA separate from the disciplinary clause. Further, I cannot agree…