Blair v. Sugarcreek Township Bd. of Trustees
Annotate this CaseIn this case the Supreme Court was asked to resolve a conflict between the second and seventh district courts of appeals concerning whether a certified police officer who was appointed chief of police in a township with less than 10,000 residents, a police department with less than ten officers, and no civil service commission had the automatic right upon termination to return to the position he held before his appointment as chief of police pursuant to Ohio Rev. Code 505.49. The trial court concluded that Plaintiff, a former chief of police, had no right to return to the position in the police department that he held before his police chief appointment. The court of appeals affirmed. The Supreme Court affirmed based upon its reading of section 505.49, holding that the former chief of police had no automatic right to return to a position that he held prior to appointment.
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