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The Clerk’s office of the Supreme Court of Ohio has changed the way to access the public online docket. This means that links on the blog to the online docket in our past oral argument previews and analyses no longer work, and we can’t go back and re-do them all. You can always…
Update: on August 18, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Steve Granger, et al. v. Auto-Owners Insurance, et al., 2013-1527 was argued June 25, 2014, and still no decision. The issue in the case is an insurer’s duty to defend in a housing…
Update: on August 18, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Steve Granger, et al. v. Auto-Owners Insurance, et al., 2013-1527 was argued June 25, 2014, and still no decision. The issue in the case is an insurer’s duty to defend in a housing…
The Supreme Court of Ohio has set no oral arguments for the month of April. This is probably because the court needs time to catch up on its submitted cases. Arguments resume May 5. Traditionally, the court tends not to hear new cases for most of the summer. Unlike the U.S. Supreme Court, which decides…
Wondering if the Supreme Court of Ohio is legally obligated to sit? It seems so. This is statutory. Who knew? Pursuant to the current version of R.C. 2503.33, effective March 22, 2013,
“The chief justice and the judges of the supreme court shall meet at Columbus in January of each year and at subsequent…
Updated October 15, 2014. Oral arguments will not resume until January 2015.
As of this morning, Tuesday September 30, 2014, there are no upcoming oral arguments posted on the Oral Argument Calendar on the Supreme Court of Ohio website. The calendar for last week’s September 23 and 24 arguments are the most recent postings, and…
While the Supreme Court of Ohio doesn’t have an official summer recess, it has finished hearing oral arguments until August 19. These are the cases that have been covered on the blog that are still under submission: Peggy Spaeth, et. al. v. State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company. Issue: how to determine domicile in a…
While the Supreme Court of Ohio doesn’t have an official summer recess, it has finished hearing oral arguments until August 19. These are the cases that have been covered on the blog that are still under submission: Peggy Spaeth, et. al. v. State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company. Issue: how to determine domicile in a…
No, not like on Facebook. In today’s news clips from the Supreme Court of Ohio was this link to an article in the Wall Street Journal, titled
“Roberts Turns Supreme Court into Friendliest Bar in Washington “ http://online.wsj.com/articles/roberts-turns-supreme-court-into-friendliest-bar-in-washington-1405477802
It seems that Chief Justice Roberts has taken to referring to the lawyers arguing on opposite sides…
Last May, at the Ohio State Bar Association annual meeting, in her State of the Judiciary Address Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor announced eight questions to start a dialogue to strengthen judicial elections in Ohio. These are the questions she posed:
1. Should Ohio Change the Law So Judicial Races Are No Longer Listed at the…
