The months-long battle between Toledo Municipal Court judges and Toledo city officials over the court's budget is now in the hands of another set of judges.
The seven municipal court judges filed a petition in Ohio's 6th District Court of Appeals Thursday against the city, Mayor Carty Finkbeiner, and the 12 members of city council.
The Municipal Court judges asked the appellate court to require the city to fund the programs and contracts the judges say are necessary to adequately protect the public while in the courthouse.
"We have to be able to administer the courthouse, and it takes a certain amount of funding to do that," said Judge Timothy Kuhlman, the Municipal Court's presiding judge.
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