COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO  EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 77242
OHIO STATE BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION :      ACCELERATED DOCKET
TRADES COUNCIL, et al.,            :
                                   :         JOURNAL ENTRY
          Plaintiffs-Appellees     :
                                   :              AND
       vs.                         :
                                   :            OPINION
CUYAHOGA COUNTY BOARD OF           :
COMMISSIONERS, et al.,             :
                                   :
          Defendants-Appellees     :
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     and                           :
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OHIO ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND       :
CONTRACTORS, INC.,                 :
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     Proposed Intervenor-Appellant :
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT               APRIL 25, 2000
OF DECISION:
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING:           Civil appeal from Common Pleas
                                   Court Case No. CV-391084
JUDGMENT:                          APPEAL DISMISSED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION:
APPEARANCES:
For Proposed Intervenor-Appellant  RONALD L. MASON
Ohio Associated Builders &         THOMAS M. L. METZGER
Contractors, Inc.                  O. JUDSON SCHEAF III
                                   Kegler, Brown, Hill & Ritter
                                   Co., L.P.A.
                                   65 E. State Street, Suite 1800
                                   Columbus, Ohio 43215
For Plaintiff Ohio State           EDWARD KANCLER
Building and Construction          Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan &
Trades Council:                    Aronoff, L.P.A.
                                   2300 BP America Building
                                   200 Public Square
                                   Cleveland, Ohio 44114
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                                   N. VICTOR GOODMAN
                                   Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan &
                                   Aronoff, L.P.A.
                                   88 East Broad Street - 9th Floor
                                   Columbus, Ohio 43215-3506
For Appellee State of Ohio:        MICHAEL D. ALLEN
                                   Assistant Attorney General
                                   Labor Relations Section
                                   140 E. Town Street, 9th Floor
                                   Columbus, Ohio 43215-6001
For Plaintiff Cleveland Building   JOYCE GOLDSTEIN
and Construction Trades Council:   Goldstein & Roloff
                                   1440 The Leader Building
                                   526 Superior Avenue, East
                                   Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1401
For Defendant Cuyahoga County      KATHLEEN A. MARTIN
Board of Commissioners:            Litigation Manager, Civil Division
                                   Justice Center - 8th Floor
                                   1200 Ontario Street
                                   Cleveland, Ohio 44113
For Plaintiff International Union  WILLIAM I. FADEL
of Operating Engineers:            Fadel & Beyer
                                   1340 Sumner Court
                                   Cleveland, Ohio 44115
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TERRENCE O'DONNELL, PRESIDING JUDGE:
     Appeal of Ohio Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. as a
proposed intervenor is hereby dismissed as moot as the trial court
has now adjudicated the underlying case; no stay having been sought
or obtained. See State ex rel. U.S. Steel Corp. v. Ross (1986), 22
Ohio St.3d 85.  Appeal dismissed.
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     It is ordered that appellees recover of intervenor-appellant
costs herein taxed.
     A certified copy of this entry shall constitute the mandate
pursuant to Rule 27 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure.
ANNE L. KILBANE, J., and
JAMES M. PORTER, J., CONCUR
                                   ______________________________
                                         PRESIDING JUDGE
                                        TERRENCE O'DONNELL
N.B.  This entry is an announcement of the court's decision.  See
App.R. 22(B), 22(D) and 26(A); Loc.App.R. 22.  This decision will
be journalized and will become the judgment and order of the court
pursuant to App.R. 22(E) unless a motion for reconsideration with
supporting brief, per App.R. 26(A), is filed within ten (10) days
of the announcement of the court's decision.  The time period for
review by the Supreme Court of  Ohio shall begin to run upon  the
journalization of  this court's announcement  of decision by  the
clerk per  App.R.  22(E).   See,  also S.Ct.Prac.R.  II,  Section
2(A)(a).
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