Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Fern v. City of Cincinnati
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided June 24, 2005No. C-040570PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mark P. Painter, Presiding Judge.
{¶ 1} Defendants-appellants, the city of Cincinnati, Cincinnati City Manager Valerie Lemmie, and the Cincinnati Civil Service Commission (collectively, “the city”), appeal the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of plaintiffappellee Michael Fern. We reverse.
{¶ 2} Fern, a Cincinnati police sergeant, took a promotional exam for Cincinnati Police lieutenant. After receiving the results, Fern challenged the grading of the exam. The Civil Service Commission refused Fern’s request for a hearing, stating that under this court’s decision in Steers v.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- M. J. Kelley Co. v. City of ClevelandOhio Supreme Court · 1972
- Lakota Local School District Board of Education v. BricknerOhio Court of Appeals · 1996
- State ex rel. Bardo v. City of LyndhurstOhio Supreme Court · 1988
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