Question: Among the Ohio Supreme Court’s accepted jurisdictional appeals year-to-date (29 grants out of 443 decisions, Jan. 6–June 11, 2026), is there a discernible pattern in which appellate district the granted cases originate from?
Method: We reviewed the listed appellate district for the 443 decisions to date.
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In legal practice, few things trigger more anxiety than the collision of a long-awaited family vacation and a newly issued oral argument notice from the Ohio Supreme Court. As we have documented on this blog previously, the court is notoriously reluctant to reschedule arguments. Under S. Ct. Prac. R. 17.01(D), an assignment before the High Court takes precedence over nearly everything else.
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