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Update: on March 12, 2014, 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 State of Ohio v. Eric Long, 2012-1410. At issue in this case is whether, if not mandatory, the state can…
Update: on March 12, 2014, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in this case. read the analysis here.
Read an analysis of the oral argument of this case here.
On June 11, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of State of Ohio v. Eric Long, 2012-1410…
Update: on October 16, 2013, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read the analysis of the oral argument here.
On June 11, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of Jeffrey Morrow v. Sherri Becker, 2012-1674, and 2012-1898. The…
On April 30, 2013, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in State v. Smith, Slip Opinion No. 2013-Ohio-1698. This guest post on the merit decision in this case is by my colleague Kenyatta Mickles, Director of the University of Cincinnati College of Law Domestic Violence and Civil Protection Order Clinic. In a 4-3…
On May 14, 2013, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in Anderson v. Barclay’s Capital Real Estate, Inc., 2013-Ohio-1933. By a vote of 5-2 (Justice French concurred in judgment only, but wrote nothing separately) the Court held that mortgage servicing is not covered under the Ohio Consumer Sales Practice Act. (CSPA). Chief Justice…
On November 27, 2013, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
On May 7, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of State v. Daniel Arden Keck II, 2011-0686. The issue in this case is whether the Confrontation Clause prohibits the…
Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor has announced an eight point plan for strengthening judicial elections. She did this in a speech May 9, 2013 at the annual meeting of the Ohio State Bar Association in Cleveland. She said she was motivated to develop this plan because this year marks the 45th anniversary of the Modern…
On May 2, 2013, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in State v. Noling, 2013-Ohio-1764. In a 5-2 decision written by Justice Lanzinger, the Court held an application for post conviction DNA testing filed and denied under an earlier statute does not bar a trial court from reviewing a later DNA testing application…
Update: On October 23, 2013 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analsyis here.
On April 24, 2013, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case of Mahoning Education Association of Developmental Disabilities v. State Employment Relations Board, et al., 2012-1378. The issue in this case…
On May 2, 2013, the Supreme Court issued a merit decision in State ex. rel. Nese v. State Teachers Retirement Bd. of Ohio, Slip Opinion No. 2013-Ohio-1777. The issue in the case was whether a group of instructors at a virtual learning academy were entitled to participate in the State Teachers’ Retirement System (STRS).…
