On January 20, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Leak, 2016-Ohio-154. In a 4-3 decision written by Justice O’Neill, joined in full by Justices Lanzinger and Kennedy, in which Justice French concurred in judgment only, the court held that a warrantless inventory search of a
Merit Decisions
Merit Decision: No Consumer Sales Practices Act Violation in Providing Auto Repair Estimate. Dillon v. Farmers Ins. of Columbus, Inc.
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On December 29, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Dillon v. Farmers Ins. of Columbus, Inc., 2015-Ohio-5407. In a 5-2 opinion authored by Chief Justice O’Connor, joined by Justices Lanzinger, O’Donnell, French and Kennedy, the court held that an auto repair estimate issued by an insurance adjuster to…
Merit Decision: Mandatory Sex Offender Registration and Address-Verification Requirements Do Not Constitute Cruel and Unusual Punishment. State v. Blankenship.
On November 12, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Blankenship, 2015-Ohio-4624. In a 5-2 opinion authored by Justice Lanzinger, joined in full by Chief Justice O’Connor and Justice French, and in which Justice O’Donnell, joined by Justice Kennedy concurred in judgment only, the court held that…
Merit Decision. No Public Hearing for Terminated Nontenured, Nonteaching Public Employee. Stewart v. Lockland School Dist. Bd. of Edn.
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On September 24, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Stewart v. Lockland School Dist. Bd. of Edn., 2015-Ohio-3839. In a 6-1 opinion written by Justice Pfeifer, the court held Ohio’s Open Meetings Act does not require a public pretermination hearing for a nontenured, nonteaching public employee. Justice O’Donnell…
Merit Decision. No Public Hearing for Terminated Nontenured, Nonteaching Public Employee. Stewart v. Lockland School Dist. Bd. of Edn.
By Marianna Bettman on
On September 24, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Stewart v. Lockland School Dist. Bd. of Edn., 2015-Ohio-3839. In a 6-1 opinion written by Justice Pfeifer, the court held Ohio’s Open Meetings Act does not require a public pretermination hearing for a nontenured, nonteaching public employee. Justice O’Donnell…
Merit Decision: The Relationship Between Charter Schools and Their Operators. Hope Academy Broadway Campus v. White Hat Mgt., L.L.C.
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On September 15, 205, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Hope Academy Broadway Campus v. White Hat Mgt., L.L.C., 2015-Ohio-3716. In a very fractured opinion authored by Justice Lanzinger, the court held that White Hat (the collective name for the companies that operated and managed the charter schools that…
Merit Decision: The Relationship Between Charter Schools and Their Operators. Hope Academy Broadway Campus v. White Hat Mgt., L.L.C.
By Marianna Bettman on
On September 15, 205, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Hope Academy Broadway Campus v. White Hat Mgt., L.L.C., 2015-Ohio-3716. In a very fractured opinion authored by Justice Lanzinger, the court held that White Hat (the collective name for the companies that operated and managed the charter schools that…
Merit Decision: Insurer Has Duty to Defend Emotional Distress Claim Resulting From Case of Housing Discrimination. Granger v. Auto Owners Ins.
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On August 18, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Granger v. Auto-Owners Ins., 2015-Ohio-3279. In a 5-2 opinion written by Justice Pfeifer, the court held that under the umbrella insurance policy at issue in the case, the insurance company had a duty to defend, and that the…
Court Dismisses As Improvidently Accepted Property-Division Dispute Over Oil and Gas Signing Bonus. Kuhn v. Kuhn.
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On July 14, 2015, by a vote of 5-2, the Supreme Court of Ohio sua sponte dismissed as improvidently accepted Kuhn v. Kuhn, 2015-Ohio-2806. The issue in the case was whether a signing bonus for oil and gas rights associated with a piece of property separately owned by one spouse before the marriage,…
Court Dismisses As Improvidently Accepted Property-Division Dispute Over Oil and Gas Signing Bonus. Kuhn v. Kuhn.
By Marianna Bettman on
On July 14, 2015, by a vote of 5-2, the Supreme Court of Ohio sua sponte dismissed as improvidently accepted Kuhn v. Kuhn, 2015-Ohio-2806. The issue in the case was whether a signing bonus for oil and gas rights associated with a piece of property separately owned by one spouse before the marriage,…