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With so many cases released at the end of 2012 (namely, all submitted cases, to make way for the new complement of justices) more than the usual number of reconsideration requests was probably inevitable. The Court granted one in State v. Williams, 2102-Ohio-5695, but changed only the remand instruction in the case.
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Before the changing of the guard at the Ohio Supreme Court, the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s office, joined by the Ohio Attorney General as amicus, moved the Court to reconsider its decision in State v. Hood, 2012-Ohio-5559. In a unanimous 6-0 decision dated December 31, 2012, (Justice McGee Brown’s term had ended and Justice Kennedy…
Update: On March 21, 2013, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read the analsyis of the oral argument in this case here.
On January 9, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of State of Ohio v. Demetrius Darmond,…
Update: On May 2, 2013, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read the analysis of the oral argument here.
On January 9, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of State of Ohio ex rel. John Nese, Donald Williams, and…
Update: On May 2, 2013 the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read the analysis of the oral argument here.
On January 8, 2013 the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of State v. Tyrone Noling, 2011-0778. The issue in this…
Update: On May 2, 2013 the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read the analysis of the oral argument here.
Welcome to 2013. The Ohio Supreme Court is set to start anew, with no backlog of submitted cases, and three fresh faces—Justices French, Kennedy and O’Neill. That’s…
On December 6, 2012, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in Rayess v. Educational Comm. for Foreign Med. Graduates, 2012-Ohio-5676. In a unanimous opinion for the Court, Justice O’Donnell wrote that neither an informational pamphlet describing an exam nor the application to take the exam is a contract.
Case Background
Mohammed Rayess…
On December 6, 2012, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in Rayess v. Educational Comm. for Foreign Med. Graduates, 2012-Ohio-5676. In a unanimous opinion for the Court, Justice O’Donnell wrote that neither an informational pamphlet describing an exam nor the application to take the exam is a contract.
Case Background
Mohammed Rayess…
Read what happened to this case on remand here.
On December 6, 2012, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a disposition in Burlingame v. Estate of Burlingame.
The Burlington case, like the Anderson case, involved two individuals who were killed when their van was struck by a fire truck during an emergency run. The…
Read what happened to this case on remand here.
On December 6, 2012, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a disposition in Burlingame v. Estate of Burlingame.
The Burlington case, like the Anderson case, involved two individuals who were killed when their van was struck by a fire truck during an emergency run. The…
