Update: On October 8, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

Read the analysis of the oral argument in this case here.

On January 8, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of Bank of American, N.A. v.

Last January, my University of Cincinnati College of Law colleague Carrie Wood, then with the Ohio Innocence project, (now with the Ohio Public Defender’s office) argued to the Supreme Court of Ohio that a second application for post conviction DNA testing filed by death row inmate Tyrone Noling under a new statute with more liberal…

Update: On August 28, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

On December 10, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of Anita Hauser v. City of Dayton Police Department, et al., 2013-0291. The issue in this case…

I recently did a post analyzing the oral argument in the case of City of Cleveland v. Erin McCardle and Leatrice Tolls, 13-0096, in which two Occupy protestors are challenging the constitutionality of a Cleveland Ordinance which establishes a 10:00 p.m. curfew in the Public Square.

Not being from Cleveland, after hearing the lawyer…

On  November 19, 2013, in a 4-3 decision, the Supreme Court of Ohio upheld the firing of 8th grade science teacher John Freshwater for “insubordination in refusing to remove religious displays in his classroom after being told to do so, and for continuing to inject his personal religious beliefs into his plan and pattern…

Update: On August 28, 2014, 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 December 10, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of Anita Hauser v. City of Dayton Police Department,…

On May 28, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

On November 19, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of City of Cleveland v. Erin McCardle and Leatrice Tolls, 13-0096. At issue in this case is whether…

On November 27, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Keck, 2013-Ohio-5160. In a unanimous decision written by Justice Lanzinger, the Court held that the defendant’s rights under the Confrontation Clause were not violated by the testimony of an expert witness who relied on a report authored by…

Update: On May 8, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.

On November 20, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in Theresa Hayward v. Summa Health System/Akron City Hospital, et. al., 2013-0021. The issue is whether the appellate court’s finding…