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Update: On May 2, 2013 the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read the analysis of the oral argument here.
Welcome to 2013. The Ohio Supreme Court is set to start anew, with no backlog of submitted cases, and three fresh faces—Justices French, Kennedy and O’Neill. That’s…
On December 6, 2012, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in Rayess v. Educational Comm. for Foreign Med. Graduates, 2012-Ohio-5676. In a unanimous opinion for the Court, Justice O’Donnell wrote that neither an informational pamphlet describing an exam nor the application to take the exam is a contract.
Case Background
Mohammed Rayess…
On December 6, 2012, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in Rayess v. Educational Comm. for Foreign Med. Graduates, 2012-Ohio-5676. In a unanimous opinion for the Court, Justice O’Donnell wrote that neither an informational pamphlet describing an exam nor the application to take the exam is a contract.
Case Background
Mohammed Rayess…
Read what happened to this case on remand here.
On December 6, 2012, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a disposition in Burlingame v. Estate of Burlingame.
The Burlington case, like the Anderson case, involved two individuals who were killed when their van was struck by a fire truck during an emergency run. The…
Read what happened to this case on remand here.
On December 6, 2012, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a disposition in Burlingame v. Estate of Burlingame.
The Burlington case, like the Anderson case, involved two individuals who were killed when their van was struck by a fire truck during an emergency run. The…
Further update: Read what happened to this case on remand here.
On December 6, 2012, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in Anderson v. Massillon, 2012-Ohio-5711. In a 5-2 decision written by Justice O’Donnell, the Court defined the terms “willful,” “wanton,” and “reckless,” and held that the terms are not interchangeable. This definitional…
Gov. Kasich today appointed Judge Judith French to the Ohio Supreme Court to replace retiring Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton. Judge French currently sits on the Tenth District Court of Appeals in Columbus. Her appointment becomes effective January 1, 2013, and is for an unexpired two year term. She must run for election in November 2014,…
According to Gov. Kasich’s website, the Governor will make the announcement about who is going to replace retiring Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton tomorrow morning at the Governor’s Ceremonial Office at the Ohio Statehouse. The media have been advised to assemble at 10:50 a.m.
Read the list of those who have applied for the position here.
On December 6, 2012, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in State v. Williams, 2012-Ohio-5695. In a 6-1 decision written by Justice O’Donnell, in which Justice Lanzinger concurred in judgment only and Justice Pfeifer dissented, the Court held that the use of other acts evidence was proper in this multi-count sex offense case…
Don’t be caught off guard! The Ohio Supreme Court has adopted some Supreme Court Rules of Practice changes that will go into effect January 1, 2013. The Rules have been completely renumbered and re-organized in a much more logical and coherent way. Many of the changes are simply clarifying, but there are also some substantive…
