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Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson reinstates red light traffic cameras, city appeals state appellate court decision that they are unconstitutional to Ohio Supreme Court, which does not have to hear the appeal, appellate decision is binding in Cuyahoga County

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By  Kathy Wray Coleman Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. Kathy Wray Coleman is a 20-year investigative journalist and legal reporter who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper, Ohio's Black press)   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson CLEVELAND, Ohio-Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson has reinstated the city's red light traffic cameras after suspending them last month after a  three-judge panel of the Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that the cameras that take snapshots of speeding motorists for subsequent fines are unconstitutional and illegal because Ohio's municipal courts have sole authority or jurisdiction over violations of codified city ordinances under the the Ohio Constitution and state law. At issue, the appeals court said, is how