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Update: On June 16, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio declined to answer the certified question and dismissed the case. 2016-Ohio-3431.
On October 27, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of American Municipal Power, Inc. v. Bechtel Power Corporation, 14-1847. In this breach of contract action, the…
Update: On June 16, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio declined to answer the certified question and dismissed the case.
Read the analysis of the oral argument here.
On October 27, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of American Municipal Power, Inc. v. Bechtel Power Corporation, 14-1847…
On September 24, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Stewart v. Lockland School Dist. Bd. of Edn., 2015-Ohio-3839. In a 6-1 opinion written by Justice Pfeifer, the court held Ohio’s Open Meetings Act does not require a public pretermination hearing for a nontenured, nonteaching public employee. Justice O’Donnell…
On September 15, 205, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Hope Academy Broadway Campus v. White Hat Mgt., L.L.C., 2015-Ohio-3716. In a very fractured opinion authored by Justice Lanzinger, the court held that White Hat (the collective name for the companies that operated and managed the charter schools that…
Update: On February 24, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“Is this a big problem in the construction area? I don’t see a whole host of amici here coming to your side of the table. I’d say the construction industry, especially those that…
Update: On February 24, 2016, 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 June 9, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of Boone Coleman Construction Co., Inc. v. The Village…
Read what happened on remand in this case here and here.
On April 2, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Sivit v. Village Green of Beachwood, L.P., 2015-Ohio-1193. In a unanimous opinion written by Justice Paul Pfeifer, the court held that this suit by a group of…
Update: On December 29, 2015 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
On February 24, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of Jerry Dillon, et al. v. Farmers Insurance of Columbus, Inc., 2014-0451. At issue in this case…
Update: On September 15, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
“This case is bigger than just your client’s dispute with White Hat,” Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor said to counsel for the Schools, later commenting it was all about following the money.
On September…
Update: This case has now been settled. No details are publicly available. On May 7, 2015, the trial court granted a joint motion to dismiss all claims with prejudice. A satisfaction and release of certificate of judgment was filed on 5/15/2015.
On September 18, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision…
