Local 4501, Communications Workers of America v. Ohio State University

The propositions of law advanced by the parties effectively can be reduced to two general issues. The first issue before the court is whether the trial court erred in permitting the university’s custodial service contracts to be “performed according to their terms.” C.W.A. argues that the trial court failed to abide by the “law of the case” doctrine when, on remand of the instant case, it declined to terminate the service contracts that were found by this court to have been let out in a manner that was contrary to Ohio law. We find that C.W.A.’s argument has merit.

The plain import of this…