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Update: The merit decision in this case was handed down January 25, 2012. Read the analysis of the decision here.
On Nov. 2, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of In the Matter of Adoption of M.B., a case involving statutory construction on Ohio adoption laws, and one…
Update: The merit decision in this case was handed down January 25, 2012. Read the analysis of the decision here.
On Nov. 2, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of In the Matter of Adoption of M.B., a case involving statutory construction on Ohio adoption laws, and one…
Update: The merit decision was handed down in this case May 23, 2012. Read the analysis of the decision here.
On October 19 the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in Jackson v. Bartec, Inc, #2011—0019. in which Zeno’s, a Columbus bar, challenges the enforcement of Ohio’s smoking ban law, O.R.C. Chapter 3794…
On July 19, 2012, the Supreme Court issued a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis of the decision here.
On October 19 the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in State v. Gunnell, 2010-1636. The case involves the granting of a mistrial in a murder case because a juror did independent…
Update: The merit decision in this case was handed down March 15, 2012. Read the analysis of the decision here.
On October 19 the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in State v. Dunn, 2011-0213. The issue is what the state must prove to justify a warrantless emergency stop based on a citizen…
I’ve added the category “In Sharper Focus” to my Ohio Supreme Court Watch. From time to time, I will do a more detailed analysis of a point that comes up either at oral argument or in a merit decision. In State v. Johnson, Justice Lanzinger asked about greater protection for criminal defendants under the Ohio…
For those interested in the question of at what age a judge should retire, Judge Pat Fischer of the First District Court of Appeals and I discussed this on Dan Hurley’s Newsmakers program on Local 12 Sunday October 23. Link is below–
http://www.law.uc.edu/news/issue-one-bettman
Read my earlier post on this topic here.
In State v. Johnson, Justice Lanzinger asked whether the Ohio Constitution provides greater protection than the federal constitution requires. What did she mean by that? Let’s look at that In Sharper Focus.
In 1975, in Oregon v. Hass, 420 U.S. 714 (1975) the U.S. Supreme Court urged states to expand their constitutional doctrines to…
