On April 16, 2025, the Ohio Supreme Court dismissed Crozier v. Pipe Creek Conservancy as improvidently accepted. Having a discretionary appeal dismissed as improvidently accepted means:

1. You presented an issue of great general or public interest (or a constitutional question) worthy of the Supreme Court’s review;
2. The Supreme Court accepted jurisdiction over your proposition of law;
3. You and your opponents briefed the issue on the merits;
4. You had the opportunity to participate in oral argument (and usually actually did so); and
5. The Supreme Court dismissed the case without issuing a decision on the merits.

Seems like a waste, right?Continue Reading A pain worse than losing: Dismissal as improvidently accepted