Teamsters Local Union No. 436 v. City of Cleveland

{¶ 1} Appellant-appellant, Teamsters Local Union No. 436 ("the Union"), appeals from the September 15, 2016 judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas affirming the December 13, 2013 order issued by intervenor-appellee, State Employment Relations Board ("SERB"), dismissing the Union's request to be recognized as the exclusive bargaining representative for the Assistant Directors of Law ("ADLs") in the Civil Division of the Department of Law of appellee-appellee, City of Cleveland ("Cleveland"). For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

I. Facts and Procedural History

{¶ 2} On July 11,…