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Update: On April 28, 2015, 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 May 28, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of State of Ohio v. Nicholas Castagnola2013-0781. At…
The Joint Task Force to Review the Administration of Ohio’s Death Penalty, established by Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor in 2011 in her first state of the Judiciary Address as Chief Justice, released its Final Report & Recommendations May 21. The initial charge to the Task Force was “to review the 2007 American Bar Association…
Update: On December 18, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
On May 14, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of Phillip E. Pixley v. Pro-Pak Industries, Inc., et al., 2013-0797. This issues are whether the definition…
Update: On December 18, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
On May 14, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of Phillip E. Pixley v. Pro-Pak Industries, Inc., et al., 2013-0797. This issues are whether the definition…
On May 14, 2014 the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in Oaktree Condominium Assn., Inc. v. Hallmark Bldg. Co. 2014-Ohio-1937. In a 4-3 decision written by Justice O’Neill, for himself, Justices Pfeifer and Lanzinger, and Chief Justice O’Connor, the court held R.C. 2305.131, Ohio’s construction statute of repose, unconstitutional as applied…
When Justice Bill O’Neill joined the Court January 2, 2013, he wasted no time in making clear his opposition to the death penalty. On January 25, 2013, O’Neill dissented from the order of execution in the case of State v. Wogenstahl, 2013-Ohio-164. He wrote,
“While I recognize that capital punishment is the law of the…
On May 8, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Hayward v. Summa Health Sys./Akron City Hosp., 2014-Ohio-1913. I’m going to quote the headnote verbatim on what the Court held in this 6-1 decision authored by Justice Kennedy. Understandably, there is no syllabus in this case.
“When a jury’s…
Update: On December 18, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Yep. The employer intentional tort is back again. On May 14, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of Phillip E. Pixley v. Pro-Pak Industries, Inc., et…
Update: On December 3, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
On April 29, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of State of Ohio v. Willie Herring, 2011-0451. At issue in this case is whether, in…
Last May, at the Ohio State Bar Association annual meeting, in her State of the Judiciary Address Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor announced eight questions to start a dialogue to strengthen judicial elections in Ohio. These are the questions she posed:
1. Should Ohio Change the Law So Judicial Races Are No Longer Listed at the…
