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Update: On December 8, 2014, the Fifth District Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s decision denying summary judgment. So, as predicted below, back to the trial court it goes, again.
Case Background
In 2007, Dale and Grace Burlingame were killed when the van Dale was driving was struck by a fire engine on an…
Case Background
Christen and Sean Daniel were married in 1995 and were divorced in 2011. The only real asset of the parties was Sean’s military retirement benefit. Sean had enlisted in the National Guard shortly before the parties married. At the time of the divorce hearing, Sean had sixteen years in the National Guard; fifteen…
While the Supreme Court of Ohio doesn’t have an official summer recess, it has finished hearing oral arguments until August 19. These are the cases that have been covered on the blog that are still under submission: Peggy Spaeth, et. al. v. State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company. Issue: how to determine domicile in a…
While the Supreme Court of Ohio doesn’t have an official summer recess, it has finished hearing oral arguments until August 19. These are the cases that have been covered on the blog that are still under submission: Peggy Spaeth, et. al. v. State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company. Issue: how to determine domicile in a…
Case Background
Dayton Police Detective David House was patrolling in an unmarked cruiser in an area known for drug activity. He pulled up behind a pick-up truck bearing out-of-county license plates. Because drug dealers were known to come from outside Montgomery County to that particular area to deal drugs, House followed the truck. After running…
Update: Judge Christine Croce, who is now hearing this case, ruled July 25, 2014, that Prade should go back to jail while she decides whether he should get a new trial. Judge Croce will hold a hearing for August 25, 2014 to hear arguments on whether Prade should get a new trial.
Short Summary
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Case Background
Demetius Darmond, along with his mother-in-law, Iris Oliver, was indicted on one count of drug trafficking and one count of drug possession. Darmond alone was also indicted on one count of possessing criminal tools and two counts of child endangerment.
The basis for the indictment in the case was a controlled interception by…
On July 17, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Transtar Elec., Inc. v. A.E.M. Elec. Servs. Corp.,2014-Ohio-3095. In a 5-2 opinion authored by Justice Kennedy, the Court held that a contract for work performed by a subcontractor for a general contractor which contains a provision that…
This guest post summarizes the spate of cases and statutes on judicial record sealing. It is written by Priya Walia and Stephen JohnsonGrove.
Priya Walia is a rising 2L at the University of Cincinnati College of Law and is interning this summer at the Ohio Justice & Policy Center. Learn more about OJPC’s work at…
No, not like on Facebook. In today’s news clips from the Supreme Court of Ohio was this link to an article in the Wall Street Journal, titled
“Roberts Turns Supreme Court into Friendliest Bar in Washington “ http://online.wsj.com/articles/roberts-turns-supreme-court-into-friendliest-bar-in-washington-1405477802
It seems that Chief Justice Roberts has taken to referring to the lawyers arguing on opposite sides…
