Robert G. Sproul v. City of Wooster

I agree with the Court’s resolution of the antitrust and § 1983 issues. I disagree, however, with the Court’s decision on the Ohio contract law issue.

I agree with the majority that the power to approve an extra-territorial expansion of city services vests in the city council ab initio. The facts of this case reveal a legal chain of authority in which power over the water and sewer systems was allocated in a succession of constitutional provisions, state statutes, and city ordinances. Municipalities in Ohio are specifically empowered by article XVIII § 4 of the state constitution to operate…