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Update: The merit decision in this case was handed down January 25, 2012. Read the analysis of the decision here.
On November 2 the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in In In the Matter of Adoption of M.B.,a case involving the question of whether token monetary gifts given directly to…
Update: the merit decision was handed down in this case on February 22, 2012. Read the analysis here.
On November 1 the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in State v. Carrick. 2011-0230. At issue was whether the “making unreasonable noise” provision in the state disorderly conduct statute, Ohio Revised Code 2917.11(A)(2)…
Update: the merit decision was handed down in this case on February 22, 2012. Read the analysis here.
On November 1 the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in State v. Carrick. 2011-0230. At issue was whether the “making unreasonable noise” provision in the state disorderly conduct statute, Ohio Revised Code 2917.11(A)(2)…
Update: The merit decision was handed down in this case May 23, 2012. Read the analysis of the decision here.
On October 19 the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in Jackson v. Bartec, Inc, #2011—0019. in which Zeno’s, a Columbus bar, challenges the enforcement of Ohio’s smoking ban law, O.R.C. Chapter 3794…
On July 19, 2012, the Supreme Court issued a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis of the decision here.
On October 19 the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in State v. Gunnell, 2010-1636. The case involves the granting of a mistrial in a murder case because a juror did independent…
Update: The merit decision in this case was handed down March 15, 2012. Read the analysis of the decision here.
On October 19 the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in State v. Dunn, 2011-0213. The issue is what the state must prove to justify a warrantless emergency stop based on a citizen…
10/25/12 According to attorney Bill Gallagher, the trial judge again denied the motion to suppress in this case, and he plans to appeal again.
10/12/12. Further Update: According to a story in the Cincinnati Herald by Dan Yount, Sudinia Johnson, the defendant in the Ohio case, remains in prison. His attorney William Gallagher questions why…
This case was dismissed as improvidently certified on October 27, 2011.
On October 4, the Ohio Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Artisan Mechanical, Inc. v. Beiser et al, 2011-0052. The issue in this case is whether a trial court is required to hold an evidentiary hearing to resolve a factual…
Update: On October 26 this case was dismissed as improvidently allowed.
On October 4 the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in State v. Ginley, case # 2010-1925. This case deals with the troubling issue of victims of domestic violence (the vast majority of whom are women) recanting at trial prior statements to…
Update: The merit decision in this case was handed down March 14, 2012. Read the analysis of the decision here.
On October 4 the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in Paul Jones et al. v. Centex Homes, case # 2010-1826. The issue acknowledged by both sides to be one of first…
