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On June 30, 2021, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in State of Ohio v. James R. West, 2020-0978. At issue in this case is whether a trial judge’s line of allegedly biased questioning constitutes structural error requiring automatic reversal.
Case Background
On October 2, 2017, James West was in a…
Update: On December 22, 2021 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. In an opinion written by Justice Donnelly, joined in full by Chief Justice O’Connor and Justice Fischer, the Court held that the arrest warrant at issue sufficiently complied with Crim R. 4 even with the absence of…
Update: On September 16, 2021, 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 June 16, 2021, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in Lamar Advantage GP Company, LLC, d.b.a. Lamar Advertising of Cincinnati…
Update: On November 24, 2021, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. In a 5-2 opinion written by Chief Justice O’Connor, joined by Justices Kennedy, Fischer, DeWine and Stewart, the Court held that the Burrs owed no duty to Snay under the facts of this case. Justice Donnelly dissented…
Update: On November 23, 2021 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 April 28, 2021, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in Maternal Grandmother, as Administrator of the Estate of G.B., a deceased…
Read an analysis of the argument here.
On April 13, 2021, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in State ex rel. Ohio History Connection v. The Moundbuilders Country Club Company and Park National Bank, 2020-0191. At issue in this case is what constitutes a “good faith offer” in the context of eminent…
Update: Read an analysis of the argument here.
On April 14, 2021, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in State of Ohio v. Manson M. Bryant, 2020-0599. At issue in this case is whether a defendant’s expletive laden outburst directed at the judge after his sentence was announced constitutes a…
Update: On September 22, 2021, 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 30, 2021, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in Mark Johnson, Individually and as Guardian of David Johnson, an incompetent, …
