Northern Ohio Patrolmen's Benevolent Ass'n v. City of North Olmsted

Markus] J.

A police officer and his professional association filed this declaratory relief action against the city which employs the officer and its civil service commission. 1 Plaintiffs seek a determination that a civil service commission rule which limits appeals to the commission violates the city’s charter. The trial court granted judgment for the defendants and upheld the rule’s validity. Previous decisions by this court and the Supreme Court require us to reverse and hold that the commission lacked authority to make the challenged rule for a member of the police department.

Plaintiffs…