Update: On June 7, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.  

Read the analysis of the oral argument here.

On February 13, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in State of Ohio v. Demetrius Jackson, 2017-0145. At issue in

The Supreme Court of Ohio released two decisions today, February 6, 2018, ruling against two separate abortion clinics, one for lack of standing, the other for failing to follow a rule requiring a written hospital transfer agreement. The blog will analyze both merit decisions, but for now, as a heads-up, here are brief quotations from

Update: On September 27, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Turner v. CertainTeed Corp., Slip Opinion No. 2018-Ohio-3869. In an opinion written by Justice Fischer, joined in full only by Justices French and DeGenaro, the court set forth the requirements in an asbestos case for a plaintiff who

Update: On September 27, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Turner v. CertainTeed Corp., Slip Opinion No. 2018-Ohio-3869. In an opinion written by Justice Fischer, joined in full only by Justices French and DeGenaro, the court set forth the requirements in an asbestos case for a plaintiff who

Update: On May 8, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

“…so why didn’t you file a motion to compel or some sort of activity to bring it to the court’s attention that they were not cooperating with discovery the way they should…?”

Chief

Update: On May 8, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

“…so why didn’t you file a motion to compel or some sort of activity to bring it to the court’s attention that they were not cooperating with discovery the way they should…?”

Chief

On November 2, 2017, a few days after his gubernatorial-run announcement, Justice Bill O’Neill included this in a letter to the Clerk of the Supreme Court of Ohio:

“I will not be participating in any new matters submitted to the Court from this date forward until February 7, 2018. I will continue to vote on

Update: On August 14, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

“What does the Guardian Ad Litem do in the context like this, different from what we have?”

Justice O’Donnell, to defense counsel

“Do you not think that the judge could have explained why

Bill O’Neill is gone from the Supreme Court of Ohio. He left to pursue his run for governor. O’Neill’s last day was Friday, January 26, 2018, and his replacement has already been sworn in. O’Neill joined the Court on January 2, 2013, in an upset victory over then-incumbent Justice Robert Cupp. Since he arrived, O’Neill

On January 23, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Banks-Harvey 2018-Ohio-201. Justice O’Neill wrote the lead opinion of the court, joined in full by Justices French and Fischer. Justice Kennedy concurred in judgment only, with a separate opinion.  The four of them agreed that the