State Ex Rel. Geauga County Board of Commissioners v. Milligan

{¶ 1} In October 2001, relators, Geauga County Board of Commissioners and the individual commissioners, filed a complaint in the Geauga County Court of Common Pleas requesting a declaratory judgment that Geauga County Sheriff George “Red” Simmons had a duty to operate his office within the budget appropriations determined by the board. The sheriff counterclaimed for declaratory relief and a writ of mandamus to compel the board and the commissioners to appropriate the money he had requested for his office for fiscal years 2002 and 2003.

{¶ 2} On November 14, 2002, respondent, Judge John R.…