Malone v. Court of Common Pleas

The question presented is whether the statutes giving the administrative judge of a juvenile division of a Court of Common Pleas general authority over the employment, discharge and regulation of court employees, clothe the administrative judge with authority to enter into an employment agreement with those employees.

In Dayton Teachers Assn. v. Dayton Bd. of Edn. (1975), 41 Ohio St. 2d 127, the court held:

“A boárd of education is vested with discretionary authority to negotiate and to enter into a collective bargain*248ing agreement with its employees, so long as such .agreement does not conflict…