Ohio Supreme Court, 1988

Communications Workers of America v. State Employment Relations Board

Communications Workers of America v. State Employment Relations Board
Ohio Supreme Court · Decided September 21, 1988 · Brown, Douglas, Holmes, Locher, Moyer, Sweeney, Wright
38 Ohio St. 3d 602; 528 N.E.2d 566; 1988 Ohio LEXIS 301

Communications Workers of America v. State Employment Relations Board

Opinion of the Court

Douglas, J.,

dissenting. I dissent to the majority’s dismissal of this appeal as having been improvidently allowed.

The instant case presents this court with an excellent opportunity to address a vital question of great public interest and to announce a state-wide rule. The specific question presented is whether the State Employment Relations Board’s dismissal of an unfair labor practice charge is a final order which may be appealed to the court of common pleas under R.C. 4117.13(D). This important question has never been addressed by this court. As a result of today’s decision dismissing the instant appeal, trial courts and courts of appeals must continue to struggle with the issue without any guidance from this court, a situation which will inevitably cause confusion and conflict. Moreover, the parties to this appeal, having expended much time, energy and expense in pursuing *603their cause in this court, are denied the definitive answer which they have every right to believe is forthcoming.

I cannot concur in the majority’s decision to squander this opportunity to formulate an authoritative rule on the important question presented by this case. Accordingly, I dissent.

Sweeney, J., concurs in the foregoing dissenting opinion.

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