Bank of Amicus Briefs and Legal Documents
This page houses amicus briefs and is meant to be used as a guide for insight into state preemption topics. View all briefs.
Cleveland v. Ohio (OH Supreme Court): Amicus Brief by the Campaign to Defend Local Solutions et al.
Amicus brief submitted in support of Cleveland, arguing the enactment of Cleveland’s Fannie Lewis local hire law was an exercise of the city’s police powers, that the state law prohibiting Ohio municipalities from adopting local hire requirements violates Ohio’s Home Rule doctrine, and that the state’s attempt to preempt Cleveland’s local hire law is part of a troubling nationwide assault on Home Rule.
Cleveland v. Ohio (Court of Appeals): Amicus Brief by the Campaign to Defend Local Solutions et al.
Amicus brief submitted in support of Cleveland, arguing that the state law prohibiting Ohio municipalities from adopting local hire requirements violates Ohio’s Home Rule doctrine and is part of a troubling nationwide assault on Home Rule.