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I recently did a post analyzing the oral argument in the case of City of Cleveland v. Erin McCardle and Leatrice Tolls, 13-0096, in which two Occupy protestors are challenging the constitutionality of a Cleveland Ordinance which establishes a 10:00 p.m. curfew in the Public Square.
Not being from Cleveland, after hearing the lawyer…
Greg Kendall was one of my research assistants while he was in law school, and worked on this blog for two years as a student contributor. Greg graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Law this spring. He passed the bar, and was sworn in on November 4, 2013.
On November 5, 2013, barely…
As promised, here’s the thorough analysis of the merit decision in this case. Interesting reading, I promise!
Today, the Supreme Court of Ohio released the most-awaited decision of the year—Am. Chem. Soc. v. Leadscope, Inc. 2012-Ohio-4193. As I long suspected, it is a very split decision. It’s 58 pages, plus appendices. Chief Justice O’Connor…
After July 11, there are no more oral arguments until August 21. Unlike the U.S. Supreme Court, which begins the first Monday in October and ends June 30, the Ohio Supreme Court does not officially have “terms”. But in recent years, it has taken some time off from its regular docket during the summer. Also…
Ronald Luri won 3.5 million in compensatory damages and slightly over $43 million in punitive damages in a retaliatory discharge suit against three related corporate defendants and two individual defendants. Each defendant was assessed a separate punitive damages award. The award against each of the corporate defendants was different, and each exceeded 7 million dollars.…
The main issue in this case was whether the Dayton Civil Service Board had to follow the Ohio Rules of Evidence in its hearings. In this particular case, Ronald Royse, a Dayton firefighter, was terminated for failing a drug test. He challenged the admission of the test results at the administrative hearing before the Dayton…
Update: on December 6, 2012, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read the oral argument analysis of this case here.
Read the oral argument preview of this case here.
Kudos to one of my former students, attorney Ginger Bock for getting this interesting name change case…
It’s been a quiet December at the high court. January is likely to be busy, as the Court has lots of cases under submission. Oral arguments resume January 17, 2012. Happy New Year to all.
The Supreme Court of Ohio has just done its first complete overhaul of what began in 1985 as the Manual of Citations ( for those of my generation, think bluebook, unless that makes you think of taking law school exams). Revisions were released in July of 1992 and July of 2002 (to conform the revisions…
The Supreme Court of Ohio has just done its first complete overhaul of what began in 1985 as the Manual of Citations ( for those of my generation, think bluebook, unless that makes you think of taking law school exams). Revisions were released in July of 1992 and July of 2002 (to conform the revisions…
