On December 5, 2012, the Supreme Court announced a merit decision in State v. Raber, 2012-Ohio-5636  The case was argued August 21, 2012. In a 6-1 decision written by Justice O’Donnell, the Court held that a trial court had no jurisdiction to classify Raber as a sex offender fourteen months after entering its judgment of…

Further Update–turns out that was just the morning releases.  In the afternoon, the Court released another batch–probably all that were left, since Justice McGee Brown’s term has ended.

Update: The Court released 18 decisions on December 6, 2012.

On December 5, 2012, the Supreme Court announced that as part of its “year-end transition process” it…

Update: On December 31, 2012, the Supreme Court granted reconsideration in this case and replaced it with Hood II, 2012-Ohio-6208  Read the analysis of Hood II here.

On December 3, 2012, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in State v. Hood, Slip Opinion No. 2012-Ohio-5559. This case, argued November 8, 2011, was…

The Ohio Supreme Court announced the following schedule of swearing-in ceremonies:

  • Justice-elect Sharon L. Kennedy’s ceremony will be December 7 at 1:30 p.m. in the Supreme Court courtroom at the Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center in Columbus.
  • Justice-elect William M. O’Neill’s ceremony will be December 27 at 7 p.m. at the Eighth District Court

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On November 29, 2012, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in State v. Moore, 2012-Ohio-5479.  The case was argued May 23, 2012.  In a 6-1 decision authored by Justice Cupp, the Court held that the failure to include a mandatory fine in a sentence when an affidavit of indigency was not filed before…

On November 21, 2012, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in Branch v. Cleveland Clinic Found., 2012-Ohio-5345.  The case was argued June 20, 2012. In a 6-1 decision written by Justice McGee Brown, the Court reinstated a jury verdict in favor of the Clinic, reversing the court of appeals on a number…

On November 21, 2012, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in Branch v. Cleveland Clinic Found., 2012-Ohio-5345.  The case was argued June 20, 2012. In a 6-1 decision written by Justice McGee Brown, the Court reinstated a jury verdict in favor of the Clinic, reversing the court of appeals on a number…

On November 20, 2012, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in Hewitt v. L.E. Myers Co. 2012-Ohio-5317.  The case was argued September 25, 2012.  In a 6-1 decision written by Justice Stratton, the Court defined “equipment safety guard” as “a device designed to shield the operator from exposure to or injury by…

Update: Read what happened on remand in this case here and here.

On November 20, 2012 the Court handed down a merit decision in M.H. v. Cuyahoga Falls, 2012-Ohio-5336. (when the case was originally argued, the minor’s name was in the caption, but due to a rule change, initials have been substituted.) The case…