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On the final day of 2020, the Eleventh District Court of Appeals (Portage County), held that an Ohio law which restricted the picketing of private homes and private offices of public officials was unconstitutional under both the United States and Ohio Constitutions – reversing the ruling of the Portage County Court of Common Pleas.
The appeal arose from a labor dispute between the Portage County Educators Association for Developmental Disabilities, OEA/NEA (the “Association”) and the Portage County Board of Developmental Disabilities (“Board”) and an ensuing two-month strike by the Association in 2017. During the strike, members of the Association were encouraged to, and participated in, picketing on public sidewalks and public streets in the general vicinity of the residences of six Board members, and the place of private employment of one Board member.