Case Name: City of Cleveland et al., Appellees, v. The State of Ohio et al., Appellants
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 2009-08-20
Citations: 122 Ohio St. 3d 543
Docket Number: No. 2008-1240
Parties: City of Cleveland et al., Appellees, v. The State of Ohio et al., Appellants.
Judges: Moyer, C.J., and Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O’Connor, O’Donnell, and Cupp, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 122
Pages: 543–544

Head Matter:
City of Cleveland et al., Appellees, v. The State of Ohio et al., Appellants.
[Cite as Cleveland v. State, 122 Ohio St.3d 543, 2009-0hio-4118.]
(No. 2008-1240
Submitted July 14, 2009
Decided August 20, 2009.)
Robert J. Triozzi, Cleveland Law Director, Thomas J. Kaiser, Chief Trial Counsel, and Gary S. Singletary, Assistant Law Director, for appellees.
Richard Cordray, Attorney General, Benjamin C. Mizer, Solicitor General, and Sharon A. Jennings and Pearl M. Chin, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellant state of Ohio.

Opinion:
{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of Lima v. State, 122 Ohio St.3d 155, 2009-Ohio-2597, 909 N.E.2d 616.
Moyer, C.J., and Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O'Connor, O'Donnell, and Cupp, JJ., concur.
Lanzinger, J., dissents.
Joseph W. Diemert Jr. & Associates, Joseph W. Diemert Jr., Thomas M. Hanculak, and Daniel A. Powell, for appellants Cleveland Fire Fighters Association, Local 93, IAFF, Fraternal Order of Police, and Ohio Labor Counsel, Inc.
Faulkner, Muskovitz & Phillips, L.L.P., Robert M. Phillips, Susannah Muskovitz, and Ryan J. Lemmerbrock, for appellant Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge 8.
Patrick A. D'Angelo, L.L.C., and Patrick A. D'Angelo, for appellant Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association.