State ex rel. Walker v. Lancaster City School District Board of Education

Before we can reach the question of the revocability of service credit, we must address the Board’s assertion that the grievance and arbitration procedure of a collective bargaining agreement constitutes an adequate remedy at law when pursuing a claim for wages, including placement on a teachers’ salary schedule, pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement between a public employer and an exclusive bargaining representative.

A writ of mandamus will not issue where there is an adequate remedy in the ordinary course of the law. R.C. 2731.05. A remedy is adequate if it is complete, beneficial,…