Update: After the merit decision was released in New Riegel Local School Dist. Bd. of Edn. v. Buehrer Group Architecture & Eng., Inc.,2019-Ohio-2851., New Riegel sought reconsideration on the ground that when the case was remanded, as ordered by the Supreme Court of Ohio, it be sent to the trial court
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What’s On Their Minds: A Double Jeopardy Conundrum? Expectation Of Finality In A Negotiated Plea? State of Ohio v. Travis Soto.
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Update: On October 31, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“Why does double jeopardy not apply to the situation?”
Justice Donnelly, to the prosecutor
“There’s really not a double jeopardy issue here, is there? This is really a case about the plea, right?”…
What’s On Their Minds: Construing Ohio’s Construction Statute of Repose. New Riegel Local School District Board of Education et al. v. The Buehrer Group Architecture & Engineering, Inc., et al.
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Update: On July 17, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
On March 5, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of New Riegel Local School District Board of Education et al. v. The Buehrer Group Architecture & Engineering…
Oral Argument Preview: Can The State Prohibit a City From Requiring A Certain Percentage of Jobs for City Residents on Public Improvement Projects? City of Cleveland v. State of Ohio
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What’s On Their Minds: Do Accrued Causes of Action Automatically Transfer to Buyer In Sale of Municipal Bond? Paul Cheatham IRA v. The Huntington National Bank.
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Oral Argument Preview: Construing Ohio’s Construction Statute of Repose. New Riegel Local School District Board of Education et al. v. The Buehrer Group Architecture & Engineering, Inc., et al.
By Marianna Bettman on
Update: On July 17, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read an analysis of the oral argument here.
On March 5, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of New Riegel Local School District Board of Education…
Oral Argument Preview: Do Accrued Causes of Action Automatically Transfer to Buyer In Sale of Municipal Bond? Paul Cheatham IRA v. The Huntington National Bank.
By Marianna Bettman on
Update: On August 22, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read the analysis of the argument here.
On February 19, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in Paul Cheatham IRA v. The Huntington National Bank, 2018-0184. At issue…
Oral Argument Preview: Collecting a Debt for a Decedent’s Necessaries Against a Surviving Spouse: Embassy Healthcare v. Cora Sue Bell.
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Update: on December 12, 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 July 18, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in Embassy Healthcare v. Cora Sue Bell, 2017-1031. At issue in…
Supreme Court of Ohio Sua Sponte Dismisses Certified Question from Federal Court in Breach of Contract Case.
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On June 16, 2016, in Am. Mun. Power, Inc. v. Bechtel Power Corp. Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-3431, the Supreme Court of Ohio declined, sua sponte, by a vote of 5-2, to answer a certified question from federal court after it had previously agreed to answer it, and had heard oral argument in the case…
Merit Decision: Court Upholds Liquidated Damages Provision in Public Works Construction Contract. Boone Coleman Constr., Inc. v. Piketon.
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On February 24, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Boone Coleman Constr., Inc. v. Piketon, 2016-Ohio-628. In a fractured 6-1 opinion authored by Chief Justice O’Connor, the court upheld a contractual liquidated-damages provision in a public road construction contract. Only Justice O’Neill fully concurred in the court’s opinion.…