Lorain City School District Board of Education v. State Employment Relations Board

There are two questions presented by this appeal. One involves the scope of appellate review and the other, a more fundamental merit issue, concerns the question of “mandatory” collective bargaining under the Ohio Public Employees’ Collective Bargaining Act (“Act”). Notwithstanding that this case could easily be disposed of on the basis of the standard for appellate review of decisions of the administrative agency SERB, because it -is a matter of first impression for this court under the Act, the very substantial merit issue will also be determined. On either count, we find the judgment of…