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“ …[T]he trial court’s instructions did not permit the jury to predicate guilt based on a finding that the drugs Price furnished to Dawson merely contributed to his death.”
Justice Kennedy, Opinion of the Court
On October 20, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Price, Slip Opinion…
Catherine Sharkey, who is Crystal Eastman Professor of Law at New York University School of Law, has written a thought-provoking, and in light of the recent Supreme Court of Ohio decision in Stiner v. Amazon.com, Inc., Slip Opinion No. 2020-Ohio-4632, timely law review article entitled “Holding Amazon Liable as a Seller of Defective…
Catherine Sharkey, who is Crystal Eastman Professor of Law at New York University School of Law, has written a thought-provoking, and in light of the recent Supreme Court of Ohio decision in Stiner v. Amazon.com, Inc., Slip Opinion No. 2020-Ohio-4632, timely law review article entitled “Holding Amazon Liable as a Seller of Defective…
“The key is that the evidence must prove something other than the defendant’s disposition to commit certain acts. Thus, while evidence showing the defendant’s character or propensity to commit crimes or acts is forbidden, evidence of other acts is admissible when the evidence is probative of a separate, nonpropensity-based issue.”
Justice DeWine, Opinion of the…
“…[W]e conclude that a person who ‘otherwise participates in the placing of a product in the stream of commerce’ must exert some control over the product as a prerequisite to supplier liability.”
Justice French, opinion of the Court
“Even if Amazon cannot be considered a supplier in the traditional, pre-Internet sense, I believe that its…
“On the facts of this case, we conclude that because Smith placed his intent at issue by claiming that his actions were accidental and not done with sexual intent, the trial court properly admitted evidence of the prior sexual-assault allegations.”
Justice DeWine, opinion of the Court
On September 22, 2020 the Supreme Court of Ohio…
‘When you pursue your path in life, leave tracks” (quote from RBG)
When I was a first-year law student at the University of Cincinnati College of Law in 1974, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, well before she had become a judge, delivered the Marx Lecture, the law school’s most prestigious lectureship, on Gender and the Constitution. I…
Update: On December 21, 2020, the Court dismissed this case as improvidently certified.
“If we agree with you and we sever out subsection (b) in its entirety, doesn’t your client lose?”
Justice Fischer, to counsel for Carlisle
“So, explain to me how this authority given to law enforcement can be exercised to thwart the discretion…
In recent years, the University of Cincinnati Law School Law Review members have invited me to suggest topics for articles for them to consider writing about.
The Supreme Court of Ohio’s decision in Schmitz v. Natl. Collegiate Athletic Assn., 2018-Ohio-4391 caught the fancy of Nick Eaton, who is a 3L at the University of…
For those of you who may have missed it, Ohio’s Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor delivered the State of the Judiciary Address today, September 10, 2020. Have a listen here.
