Case Name: City of Lima et al., Appellants, v. DePalma, Appellee
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 2004-12-08
Citations: 104 Ohio St. 3d 1201
Docket Number: No. 2003-2063
Parties: City of Lima et al., Appellants, v. DePalma, Appellee.
Judges: Moyer, C.J., Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O’Connor and O’Donnell, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 104
Pages: 1201–1201

Head Matter:
City of Lima et al., Appellants, v. DePalma, Appellee.
[Cite as Lima v. DePalma, 104 Ohio St.3d 1201, 2004-Ohio-6401.]
(No. 2003-2063
Submitted October 13, 2004
Decided Dec. 8, 2004.)
Anthony L. Geiger, Lima City Law Director, for appellants.
Blaugrund, Herbert & Martin, Inc., and David S. Kessler, for appellee.
Barry M. Byron, Stephen L. Byron, and John Gotherman, urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Municipal League.
Livorno & Arnett Co., L.P.A., and Henry A. Arnett, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Association of Professional Firefighters.
Gittes & Schulte and Fred Gittes; Fortney & Klingshirn and Neil E. Klingshirn, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Employment Lawyers’ Association.

Opinion:
{¶ 1} The cause is dismissed, sua sponte, as having been improvidently allowed.
{¶ 2} The court orders that the opinion of the court of appeals may not be cited as authority except by the parties inter se.
Moyer, C.J., Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O'Connor and O'Donnell, JJ., concur.