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On April 25, 2012, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of Ronald Luri v. Republic Services, Inc., et al., 2011-1120. The issue in this case…
Update: On June 25, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court held that states cannot impose a mandatory life sentence with no possiblity of parole upon juvenile offenders involved in homicide offenses. The 5-to-4 decision came in the companion cases of Miller v. Alabama and Jackson v. Hobbs. This decision follows the 2010 precedent in Graham …
Cincinnati attorney Matthew Fellerhoff, who recently joined the law firm of Strauss and Troy, has authored this guest post on possible ramifications of the recent decision in Clifton v. Blanchester, slip opinion No. 2012-Ohio-780. Read the analysis of the merits decision in the Clifton case here.
Here’s Matt’s guest post
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On April 4, 2012 the Supreme Court of Ohio decided Schwering v. TRW Vehicle Safety Systems, Inc., 2012-Ohio-1481. In this 7-0 decision written by Justice Lanzinger, the Court held that a plaintiff may not voluntarily dismiss a claim without prejudice pursuant to Civ.R. 41(A)(1)(a) when a trial court declares a mistrial after the jury…
Update: The Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case on October 31, 2012. Read the analysis here.
On April 4, 2012, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. v. Duane Schwartzwald et al. The Court accepted the case on conflict…
Update: The Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case on October 31, 2012. Read the analysis here.
On April 4, 2012, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. v. Duane Schwartzwald et al. The Court accepted the case on conflict…
Back in the day, before Feb 1, 2007 when the Supreme Court of Ohio adopted the Model Rules-based Rules of Professional Conduct, Ohio had a Code of Professional Responsibility, made up of canons, disciplinary rules, and ethical considerations. DR7-101 was titled “zealous representation of a client.” All of us of a certain age, or a…
Update: The Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case on October 31, 2012. Read the analysis here.
Read the analysis of the oral argument in this case here.
On April 4, 2012, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
On June 28, 2012, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
On March 20, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of State v. Keith Ramey, 2011-0595. The issue in this case is whether the filing of a motion to…
This post was written by Student Contributor Greg Kendall, a second year student at the University of Cincinnati College of Law.
In two cases it recently heard, the Ohio Supreme Court has been asked to apply the doctrine of regulatory takings to new fact situations involving owners of land contiguous to property that was re-zoned…
