Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Evans v. Moore
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided January 27, 1982No. 81-108PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCelebrezze, C. J.
The critical issue in this case is whether the city may unilaterally exempt itself, pursuant to its local self-government or police powers2, from compliance with the prevailing wage law.
It is a fundamental principle of Ohio law that, pursuant to *90the “statewide concern” doctrine, a municipality may not, in the regulation of local matters, infringe on matters of general and statewide concern. See, e.g., Eastlake v. Bd. of Bldg. Stds. (1981), 66 Ohio St. 2d 363; Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. v. Painesville (1968), 15 Ohio St. 2d 125. Moreover, as this court ruled in Canton v. Whitman…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Northern Ohio Patrolmen's Benevolent Ass'n v. City of ParmaOhio Supreme Court · 1980
- City of Canton v. WhitmanOhio Supreme Court · 1975
- Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. v. City of PainesvilleOhio Supreme Court · 1968
- City of Eastlake v. Ohio Board of Building StandardsOhio Supreme Court · 1981
- City of Bucyrus v. State Department of HealthOhio Supreme Court · 1929
3Cited by74 opinions
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- Clermont Environmental Reclamation Co. v. WiederholdOhio Supreme Court · 1982
- City of Reading v. Public Utilities CommissionOhio Supreme Court · 2006
- City of Kettering v. State Employment Relations BoardOhio Supreme Court · 1986
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