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Update: On December 6, 2012, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read the analysis of the oral argument in this case here.
On August 21, 2012, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of State of Ohio v. Kyle D.
Update: On December 6, 2012, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read the analysis of the oral argument in this case here.
On August 21, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of Rayess v. Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates…
Further Update: On September 18, 2012, the Court handed down a merit decision in Amer. Chem. Soc. v. Leadscope. Read the analysis here.
Update: On August 30, 2012, the Court handed down a merit decision in Moore v. Middletown. Read the analysis here.
While the Supreme Court of Ohio is currently out of session, and…
Further Update: Judge Hunter’s ruling was reversed on appeal, and the Supreme Court of Ohio refused to hear the case again. On July 25, 2014 Prade was sent back to jail, pending further proceedings. Read about that here.
Update: On January 29, 2013, Summit County Common Pleas Judge Judy Hunter found Douglas Prade actually innocent…
We Americans love sports. So it is no surprise that tort law has developed immunities for those engaging in sporting activities. The recently argued case of Smith v. Landfair involved the interpretation of Ohio’s Equine Immunity statute codified at R.C. 2305.321. That statute grants immunity from tort claims for a number of equine activities…
Update: On October 11, 2012, the Supreme Court of Ohio reversed its original decision in this case. Read the analysis of the new merit decision here.
On July 25, 2012, the Supreme Court of Ohio granted reconsideration in the case of Acordia of Ohio, LLC. v. Fishel. Previously, the high court had held in the…
On July 19, 2012, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Gunnell, 2012-Ohio-3236. The issue in this state’s appeal is whether a mistrial was properly granted. If not, double jeopardy barred retrial.
The Background Facts
This is a very messy case. Toneisha Gunnell and three other women drove…
In light of all the hoopla over the health care law, less attention was paid to Justice Elana Kagan’s authoring of her first 5-4 decision for the U.S. Supreme Court, striking down mandatory life without parole sentences for juveniles who commit homicide offenses. In this case, Justice Anthony Kennedy joined the liberal wing; Chief Justice…
My colleague at the University of Cincinnati College of Law, Sean Mangan, has written this guest post on Ohio’s corporate advancement statute, and the Ohio Supreme Court’s recent decision in Miller v. Miller. Read the blog’s analysis of the Miller case here. Sean’s focus at the U.C. College of Law is the practice…
On August 28, 2012, the Court handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis of the merit decision here.
On July 10, 2012, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of DeVries Dairy v. White Eagle Cooperative Assoc., 2011-1995. The issue in this case is whether, under…
