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Well, I begin teaching a new crop of law students today, and the Supreme Court of Ohio resumes oral arguments tomorrow, which means the blog will crank back up again. See this post about the cases the blog has previewed and analyzed that are still under submission.
For those of you who may be new…
As I’m sure my readers already know, Ohio elects all of its judges—from Municipal Court to the Ohio Supreme Court. Why? Our state constitution has required this since 1851. And all judicial terms are six years. Presently, the only requirement to become a judge is to have practiced law in Ohio for six years, and…
Update: read what happened when this case was remanded here.
On July 17, 2013 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Lalain, 2013-Ohio-3093. The case was accepted on both conflict certification and discretionary appeal. In a 5-2 decision written by Justice O’Donnell, for himself and Justices Pfeifer, Kennedy,…
On July 18, 2013, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in Leopold v. Ace Doran Hauling & Rigging Co., 2013-Ohio-3107. By a 4-3 vote, the Court held that the physician-patient privilege, codified at R.C. 2317.02, does not protect medical records that a patient has previously disclosed in previous litigation from the…
Read what happened on remand in this case here.
On July 17, 2013 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in the case of Vacha v. N. Ridgeville, 2013-Ohio-3020. The case was accepted on both certified conflict and discretionary appeal. The issues in the case are whether R.C. 2744.09(B), an exception…
On July 16, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Stammco, L.L.C., v. United Tel. Co. of Ohio, 2013-Ohio-3019. By a vote of 5-2 in an opinion written by Justice Kennedy, the Court held that the trial court was correct in refusing to allow this case to proceed as a…
Update: The Supreme Court of Ohio effectively overruled this opinion in new amendments to Rule 8.2 of the Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct. Read about that here.
I haven’t been a judge in a long time, yet many people still call me Judge Bettman. I appreciate the courtesy, but I don’t think of myself that…
Both the U.S. Supreme Court and the Ohio Supreme Court take the summer off from hearing cases, but with different schedules. The U.S. Supreme Court releases all of its submitted cases by the end of June, and then adjourns until its new term begins the first Monday in October. Usually, it saves the most important…
Update: on October 16, 2013, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
On June 11, 2013, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case of Jeffrey Morrow v. Sherri Becker, 2012-1674, and 2012-1898. The case was accepted on discretionary appeal and conflict certification and the…
Update: on October 16, 2013, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
On June 11, 2013, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case of Jeffrey Morrow v. Sherri Becker, 2012-1674, and 2012-1898. The case was accepted on discretionary appeal and conflict certification and the…
