COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio Supreme Court has set June 11 as the date it will hear arguments over the legality of traffic cameras.

While the case specifically involves the city of Toledo, the court's ruling will affect drivers across Ohio and the communities that use cameras as traffic cops.

Toledo is appealing a ruling in the Sixth District Ohio Court of Appeals that said the method the city used for processing the tickets deprived motorists of due process and equal protection under the Ohio and U.S. constitutions.

Bradley Walker of Kentucky sued the city after challenging a $120 speeding ticket he got in 2011. Walker's lawsuit contended Toledo's program is illegal because violations are handled administratively (by a hearing officer in the police department), stripping the Toledo Municipal Court of its jurisdiction over city law.

While Walker lost in Lucas County Common Pleas Court, the Sixth District agreed with him.

"Since at a minimum, due process of law requires notice and a meaningful opportunity to be heard, it would seem the absence of any process would be problematic," the appellate decision stated.

Toledo appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court, arguing the Sixth District had eliminated the ability of a home-rule city to set how it would review non-criminal cases. If not reversed, Toledo said, the ruling would affect traffic camera ordinances across Ohio.

Cities from across Ohio have filed briefs with the Supreme Court in support of Toledo. Among them are Columbus, Dayton, East Cleveland and Cleveland, which lost a challenge to its own camera program in the Eighth District Court of Appeals earlier this year.

Backing Bradley's position, though, is the American Civil Liberties Union the 1851 Center for Constitutional Law, joined by two dozen legislators, both Democrat and Republican.

While the court is scheduled to hear arguments in June, it will be some time before a ruling is made. Weeks, or even months, can pass between when arguments are heard and the opinion of the justices is announced.