Groveport-Madison Local Education Ass'n v. State Employment Relations Board

The only issue which is properly before us is whether the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County has jurisdiction under R.C. 119.12 to review SERB’S determination that the association’s partial strike against the *504school board was unauthorized. For the reasons that follow, we find that the trial court has jurisdiction to consider the merits of the association’s R.C. 119.12 appeal.

Appellants contend that R.C. 4117.23, which expressly permits an appeal to the court concerning the imposition of strike penalties, impliedly prohibits the association from maintaining an R.C. 119.12 appeal from…