Update: On November 4, 2014 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 April 8, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of State of Ohio v. Brandon Lee Hoffman

Update: read what happened on remand in this case here.

On March 12, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Long, 2014-Ohio-849. While the justices unanimously agreed that a trial court must consider youth as a mitigating factor in imposing a sentence of life without parole on a

On  November 19, 2013, in a 4-3 decision, the Supreme Court of Ohio upheld the firing of 8th grade science teacher John Freshwater for “insubordination in refusing to remove religious displays in his classroom after being told to do so, and for continuing to inject his personal religious beliefs into his plan and pattern

On May 28, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

On November 19, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of City of Cleveland v. Erin McCardle and Leatrice Tolls, 13-0096. At issue in this case is whether

Update: On October 6, 2014, the Supreme Court of the United States declined without opinion ( p.10, first case), to hear Freshwater’s appeal of the decision of the Supreme Court of  Ohio to uphold his termination as a middle school science teacher.

On November 19, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio issued a merit decision

On May 28, 2014, 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 November 19, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of City of Cleveland v. Erin McCardle and Leatrice Tolls

On October 23, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Mahoning Edn. Ass’n. of Dev. Disabilities v. State Emp. Relations Bd., 2013-Ohio-4654. While the Court unanimously held that the union in this case had not committed an unfair labor practice, the court split 5-2 on the constitutional challenge to  R.C.

Update:  On June 19, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.

On October 23, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of In re A.G. 12-2097. At issue in this case is whether the U.S. Constitution and the

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 23, 2013 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analsyis here.

Read the analysis of the oral argument here.

On April 24, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of Mahoning Education Association of Developmental Disabilities v. State