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