Sutherland-Wagner v. Brook Park Civil Service Comm.

We have previously ruled that no appeal is provided to the common pleas court from any order suspending a civil service employee except a member of a police or fire department. See Anderson v. Minter (1972), 32 Ohio St. 2d 207, 61 O.O. 2d 447, 291 N.E. 2d 457. Today, the majority tacitly overrules Anderson, supra, without good reason or rationale. Because I believe that Anderson, supra, correctly delineates the appeal rights available to civil service employees, I disagree for the reasons that follow.

R.C. 124.34, which sets forth the conditions of tenure of public employees and provides for…