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Update: On April 16, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
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Update: On April 16, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read the analysis of the oral argument in this case here.
On December 10, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in In re A.W., A Minor Child, 2018-1182. At…
Update: Read what happened on remand here.
On September 14, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Anderson, 2016-Ohio-5791. In a fractured plurality opinion written by Justice Kennedy, the court held that there is no constitutional violation when the state seeks to retry an incarcerated defendant after…
Update: On September 14, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
How much is too much? Is there ever such a thing? … At what point does a court have to say, stop, enough is enough?” Justice Pfeifer, to the prosecutor.
On May 31,…
Update: On September 14, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read the analysis of the augment in this case here.
On May 31, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of State of Ohio v. Christopher…
Update: Read what happened on remand in this case here.
On April 26, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Barker, 2016-Ohio-2708. In a 5-2 opinion written by Justice French, joined by Chief Justice O’Connor and Justices Lanzinger, Pfeifer, and O’Neill, the court held that R.C. 2933.81(B)…
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 June 19, 2014 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in In re A.G., 2014-Ohio-2597. In a 5-2 opinion authored by Chief Justice O’Connor, the Court held that in ongoing child-custody litigation arising from a divorce, a child is not a proper party, and has no due process right to…
Update: On June 19, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
On October 23, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of In re A.G. 12-2097. At issue in this case is whether the U.S. Constitution and the…
On October 24, 2012, the Supreme Court of Ohio issued a merit decision in Liming v. Damos, 2012-Ohio-4783. The Court had accepted the case on conflict certification and discretionary review and consolidated the two cases, argued May 23, 2012. In a 5-2 decision written by Justice Lanzinger, the Court held that a purge hearing to…
