Blanchard v. Youngstown

This cause originated in the trial court when the appellee, William J. Blanchard, filed a complaint requesting the trial court to declare that the appellant city had no residency requirement mandating that employees of the city be residents of the city and enjoining the city from enforcing or attempting to enforce the termination of any employees in the classified service who did not live within the corporate limits of the city. Following answers, both parties filed motions for summary judgment and, coming on for disposition, the trial court found for the plaintiff-appellee and enjoined the…