Update: On March 15, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

“So your view is that by awarding punitive damages against the estate we will generally tell all similarly situated potential child abusers, that your estate might be affected by what’s happening?” Justice O’Donnell,

Update: On June 16, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio declined to answer the certified question and dismissed the case. 2016-Ohio-3431.

On October 27, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of American Municipal Power, Inc. v. Bechtel Power Corporation, 14-1847. In this breach of contract action, the

Case Background

On April 30, 1996, Willie Herring and five other men robbed a bar in Youngstown which resulted in the deaths of three people. Herring, who was barely eighteen at the time of the crime, was subsequently convicted of three counts of complicity to commit aggravated murder, two counts of attempted aggravated murder, two

Update: On February 16, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

On October 14, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of In re: Daren A. Messer, Angela Messer, Debtors Daren Messer & Angela Messer v. JPMorgan Chase Bank

Update: On March 15, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

Read the analysis of the oral argument here.

On October 28, 2015 the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of Christine Marie Whetstone v. Erin K. Binner, Administrator

Update: On June 16, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio declined to answer the certified question and dismissed the case.

Read the analysis of the oral argument here.

On October 27, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of American Municipal Power, Inc. v. Bechtel Power Corporation, 14-1847

Update: On February 16, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

Read the analysis of the argument here.

On October 14, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of In re: Daren A. Messer, Angela Messer, Debtors Daren

Update: On February 16, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

Read the analysis of the argument here.

On October 14, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of In re: Daren A. Messer, Angela Messer, Debtors Daren

Ah, progress!

The Clerk’s office of the Supreme Court of Ohio has changed the way to access the public online docket. This means that links on the blog to the online docket in our past oral argument previews and analyses no longer work, and we can’t go back and re-do them all. You can always