Kenyatta Mickles, my colleague at the University of Cincinnati College of Law, and Director of our Domestic Violence Civil Protection Order Clinic, has authored this guest post on the recent Supreme Court of Ohio decision in State v. Anderson.

Guest Post

Will State v. Anderson Affect Victims Who Want to Obtain a Civil Protection

Update: a bill has been introduced in the legislature to allow peace officers in small townships to make arrests on interstate highways.  Read more about that here.

On June 23, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio issued a merit decision in State v. Brown,  2015-Ohio-2438. In a 5-2 opinion written by Justice O’Donnell,

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

On April 28, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Castagnola, 2015-Ohio-1565.  In a 4-3 opinion written by Justice Kennedy, for herself and Justices Pfeifer, O’Neill, and O’Donnell, the court held that the search warrant issued in

On April 22, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Horn,  2015-Ohio-1484. In a unanimous opinion written by Justice Kennedy, the court held that in a foreclosure action, while a plaintiff must have standing at the time suit is filed (this was the holding in

On April 22, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Horn,  2015-Ohio-1484. In a unanimous opinion written by Justice Kennedy, the court held that in a foreclosure action, while a plaintiff must have standing at the time suit is filed (this was the holding in

Read what happened on remand in this case here and here.

On April 2, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Sivit v. Village Green of Beachwood, L.P., 2015-Ohio-1193. In a unanimous opinion written by Justice Paul Pfeifer, the court held that this suit by a group of

On March 12, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Hoyle v. DTJ Ents., Inc., 2015-Ohio-843. In a 5-2 decision written by Justice French, in which Justices Lanzinger and Kennedy concurred in the syllabus and judgment only and Justices O’Neill and Pfeifer dissented, the court held that a deliberate-intent-to-injure

On February 12, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Jones, 2015-Ohio-483. In a unanimous opinion written by Justice Lanzinger, the court held that the proper standard to determine whether probable cause exists to issue a search warrant is the totality of the circumstances, and a single

On January 28, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Vanzandt, 2015-Ohio-236. In a 5-2 opinion written by Chief Justice O’Connor, the court held that a record of conviction judicially sealed pursuant to statutory authority cannot be unsealed when none of the exceptions in the sealing statute

Update: On July 5, 2017, the Supreme Court of Ohio again accepted an appeal of this case, and again remanded it back to the Ninth District.  Read more about that here.

Read what happened on remand in this case here.

On January 27, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in