Local 4501, Communications Workers of America v. Ohio State University

The question presented in this case is whether the university’s particular'method of letting out independent service contracts is lawful in light of prevailing law and the parties’ collective bargaining agreement.

In addressing this issue, we are guided by the principles set forth in State, ex rel. Sigall, v. Aetna, supra.

That case involved a taxpayer’s suit to enjoin the expenditure of funds under a contract in which a private cleaning contractor was to perform certain custodial services over a three-year period. The record indicated that approximately seventy-five to eighty percent of all…