Zupp v. Columbus Municipal Civil Service Commission

Peggy Bryant, Judge.

{¶ 1} Appellants, John Zupp and Cynthia Smalls, appeal from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas affirming a decision of the Municipal Civil Service Commission for the City of Columbus that denied appellants the opportunity to avoid layoff from their classified civil service positions with the city by displacing, or “bumping,” less senior city employees. Because appellants have enforceable “bumping” rights pursuant to a commission rule governing layoffs, we reverse the common pleas court’s judgment.

I. Procedural History

{¶ 2} The facts are undisputed in…