Update: On September 20, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio dismissed this case as improvidently accepted. Read more about that here.

Read an analysis of the oral argument here.

On July 31, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of In re L.G. (2017-0877). At issue in this

Update: On December 21, 2018, 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 July 18, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of State of Ohio v. Dustin Bishop, 2017-1715. The

Update: on December 12, 2018, 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 July 18, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in Embassy Healthcare v. Cora Sue Bell, 2017-1031. At issue in

“It violates an adult’s right to due process to treat the adult as an incompetent and to deprive that adult of his or her autonomy without an adjudication that the adult is incompetent and without prior notice and an opportunity to be heard on the issue of his or her competency.”

Justice Fischer, majority opinion

“It violates an adult’s right to due process to treat the adult as an incompetent and to deprive that adult of his or her autonomy without an adjudication that the adult is incompetent and without prior notice and an opportunity to be heard on the issue of his or her competency.”

Justice Fischer, majority opinion

Update: On November 21, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

I asked Professor Stephanie Hunter McMahon, who teaches tax at the University of Cincinnati College of Law, if she would give her impressions of the oral argument in the case of Cincinnati Reds

“So what did the officer testify he was searching for?”

Justice O’Donnell, to the Assistant County Prosecutor

“Would you agree that theoretically an officer’s probable cause could evolve? It could change?”

Justice French, to Vega’s counsel.

On June 12, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of State of Ohio

Update: This case was remanded back to the Eighth District Court of Appeals to decide the unaddressed assignments of error. On August 30, 2018, the appeals court overruled both of the remaining assignments of error and upheld the conviction and sentence.  Read more here.

On June 7, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down

Read an analysis of the oral argument here.

On June 12, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of State of Ohio v. Edwin A. Vega, 2017-0618. The main issue in the case is whether a police officer may, during a search for raw marijuana after an initial