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Update: On August 9, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read an analysis of the argument here.
On May 22, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of Cynthia Boyd; Thomas Flanders v. Kingdom Trust Co., PENSCO…
On May 8 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Elliott-Thomas v. Smith, 2018-Ohio-1783. The court accepted the case on the following certified conflict question:
“Does the tort of intentional interference with or destruction of evidence include claims alleging interference with or concealment of evidence that disrupt a plaintiff’s…
On May 8 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Elliott-Thomas v. Smith, 2018-Ohio-1783. The court accepted the case on the following certified conflict question:
“Does the tort of intentional interference with or destruction of evidence include claims alleging interference with or concealment of evidence that disrupt a plaintiff’s…
Update: Read about the disposition of this case here
“So are you suggesting that we should interpret the statute to indicate that the trial court must always hold a hearing on the ability to pay costs, or only if it’s requested or depends on the facts of the case?”
Justice DeGenaro, to counsel for the…
Update: On September 27 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio dismissed this appeal as improvidently accepted. Read more about that here.
“It seems so messy to be fighting about whether a mediation in a prior iteration of the complaint counts.”
Justice DeWine to counsel for Wells Fargo
“Where does it clearly say that you can’t…
When Brandon Moore was 15, he and two other young men went on what now-retired Justice Paul Pfeifer described as “a criminal rampage of escalating depravity.” Moore’s case was transferred to adult court. The rape victim in the case testified that “[T]hey killed a part of me. They killed a part of my [soul] that…
Motions for reconsideration are not supposed to be a re-hash of arguments already made and lost. In fact, the Supreme Court of Ohio has a rule on that which says, “A motion for reconsideration shall not constitute a re-argument of the case.” When I was on the court of appeals, that’s what most of them…
Update: On May 16, the Ohio Department of Heath granted a new license to Capital Care, retroactive to May 8, the date of an inspection of the Clinic by the Department.
On February 6, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio held the license of Capital Care Network of Toledo, northwest Ohio’s last remaining abortion clinic,…
Update: On November 5, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court denied Mason’s cert. petition
On April 18, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Mason, 2018-Ohio-1462. In a unanimous opinion written by Justice Fischer, with two appellate judges subbing for Justices O’Donnell and O’Neill, the Court upheld…
Update: On October 31, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
On April 11, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in Steven Schmitz et al. v. National Collegiate Athletic Ass’n et al., 2017-0098. At issue in this case is whether…
