Aug. 31, 2010
Four Cases on Schedule for Supreme Court Session at Ohio Northern
The Supreme Court of Ohio confirmed today the four cases it will hear at Ohio Northern University on Wednesday, Sept. 29, as part of its semiannual Off-Site Court program.
Oral arguments will be held before the seven Justices of the Supreme Court at 9 a.m. in the Ohio Northern University Moot Courtroom, Tilton Hall, 415 S. Gilbert St., Ada. Chief Justice Eric Brown will preside and be joined by Justices Paul E. Pfeifer, Evelyn Lundberg Stratton, Maureen O’Connor, Terrence O’Donnell, Judith Ann Lanzinger and Robert R. Cupp.
The cases include: State v. Cook, Case No. 2009-2122 (Lucas County); State v. Calhoun, Case No. 2009-2324 (Cuyahoga County); Allstate Insurance Company v. Campbell, Case No. 2009-2358 (Franklin County); and Campbell v. City of Carlisle, Case No. 2010-0209 (Warren County). Access court documents related to all four cases. Summaries of these cases will be released soon.
The four cases were selected specifically because of their subject matter and/or proximity to Ohio Northern and/or for the legal concepts they present that students can relate to or have learned about through their government classes.
Initiated by the Supreme Court in 1987, the Off-Site Court program has gained national recognition as a model program for education about the judiciary. The program enhances students’ understanding of the legal system by providing them an opportunity to attend and observe the proceedings of the Supreme Court in person and to interact with Justices, attorneys and Court staff.
Students from ONU’s law school and Ada, Hardin Northern, Kenton, Ridgemont, Riverdale and Upper Scioto Valley high schools will participate. The students and their teachers will receive curriculum materials to study before the session, including summaries of the specific cases to be argued. Local attorneys will team with educators at each participating school to explain Ohio’s judicial system and review case materials.
Students from each participating school will be assigned to attend one of the oral arguments. After their assigned case has been argued, each group will meet with the case attorneys for a debriefing and discussion of the legal issues in the argument they just heard.
The ONU session will mark the 60th time the Supreme Court has heard oral arguments outside Columbus during the past 23 years.
Access a video with background information about the program.