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Update: On July 3, 2012, the Supreme Court of Ohio issued a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
On November 2 the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in Murray Miller et al. v. Sam Miller et al., 2011-0024. The issue is whether a corporation has to advance attorney fees…
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 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)…
The Ohio Judicial Center, which houses the Supreme Court of Ohio, is going to be named for Thomas J. Moyer, our late Chief Justice. The official ceremony will be December 2. Interestingly, the naming idea was first floated by then-Governor Ted Strickland, a Democrat. Moyer was a Republican, but the two men developed a great…
Update: On July 3, 2012, the Supreme Court of Ohio issued a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
On November 2, the Ohio Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the case of Murray Miller et al. v. Sam Miller et al., 2011-0024. At issue in this case is the interpretation…
On October 16 the Supreme Court of Ohio dismissed State v. Ginley, case # 2010-1925 as improvidently allowed.
Ginley deals with domestic violence victims who recant at trial prior statements to the police which criminally implicate their partners. When the prosecution knows this will happen, it is precluded from introducing the out-of-court statements, since…
In State v. Gunnell, the trial court granted a mistrial in a non-capital murder case because during deliberations one of the jurors brought into the jury room independent research she had done on the internet on the definition of involuntary manslaughter.
At oral argument Justice O’Donnell asked why an alternate juror hadn’t been selected to…
