County Commissioners' Ass'n v. Public Utilities Commission

Appellants argue that there is no reasonable basis for distinguishing between schools and counties and, as a consequence, that the decisions and orders of the commission must be found to be unlawful and unreasonable based upon R. C. 4905.33 and 4905.35. Appellants also contend that the differentiation between counties and schools is violative of the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the United States Constitution as well as the substantially equivalent guarantees afforded in Sections 1, 2, 16, and 19 of Article I of the Ohio Constitution.

In the case at bar appellants are arguing…