Taylor v. Johnson

The initial question presented here is: Did the mayor have a right of appeal to the Court of Appeals from the judgment entered in the Common Pleas Court reinstating Taylor as chief of police of the city of Eastlake?

Taylor asserts the following two grounds for his position that the mayor had no right of appeal: (1) Section 119.12, Revised Code, which is part of the Administrative Procedure Act, is applicable to this case, and, therefore, the civil service commission had the exclusive right to appeal in this case; (2) even if the mayor had the right to appeal under the Appellate Procedure Act,…