Get e-mail updates when this information changes. Sign up to Receive E-mail Updates     Click to subscribe to the Supreme Court of Ohio Opinion Summaries RSS Feed Subscribe to This Feed     Upcoming Cases

Thursday, March 25, 2010

2009-0678.  State v. Pepka, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-1045.
Lake App. No. 2008-L-016, 2009-Ohio-1440.  Judgment of the court of appeals reversed, and appellee’s convictions and sentence reinstated.
Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O'Connor, Lanzinger, and Cupp, JJ., concur.
Moyer, C.J., and O'Donnell, J., dissent and would dismiss the appeal as having been improvidently accepted.
Opinion: http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2010/2010-Ohio-1045.pdf
Summary: Indictment Charging Child Endangerment as Third-Degree Felony May Be Amended to Include Serious Physical Harm Element

2009-1761.  State v. Anderson, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-1109.
Cuyahoga App. No. 91209, 183 Ohio App.3d 522, 2009-Ohio-3900.  Discretionary appeal accepted, discretionary cross-appeal not accepted, and judgment of the court of appeals reversed in part.
Moyer, C.J., and Lundberg Stratton, O'Connor, O'Donnell, and Cupp, JJ., concur.
Pfeifer and Lanzinger, JJ., dissent and would not accept the discretionary appeal.
Opinion: http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2010/2010-Ohio-1109.pdf

2009-2010.  Disciplinary Counsel v. Mamich, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-1044.
On Certified Report by the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline, No. 09-036.  Samuel Jay Mamich, Attorney Registration No. 0006097, is suspended from the practice of law in Ohio for six months, stayed on condition.
Moyer, C.J., and Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O'Connor, O'Donnell, Lanzinger, and Cupp, JJ., concur.
Opinion: http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2010/2010-Ohio-1044.pdf

2009-2238.  Allen Cty. Bar Assn. v. Bartels, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-1046.
On Certified Report by the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline, No. 09-053.  N. Shannon Bartels, Attorney Registration No. 0064012, is publicly reprimanded.
Moyer, C.J., and Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O'Connor, O'Donnell, Lanzinger, and Cupp, JJ., concur.
Opinion: http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2010/2010-Ohio-1046.pdf

Second Case Announcement

2008-1478.  State ex rel. Associated Builders & Contrs. of Cent. Ohio v. Franklin Cty. Bd. of Commrs., Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-1199.
Franklin App. No. 08AP-301, 2008-Ohio-2870.  Judgment of the court of appeals reversed, and cause remanded to the trial court.
Moyer, C.J., and Lundberg Stratton, O'Connor, O'Donnell, and Cupp, JJ., concur.
Pfeifer and Lanzinger, JJ., dissent.
Opinion: http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2010/2010-Ohio-1199.pdf
Summary: Court Rules Commissioners Abused Discretion in Rejecting Low Bid for Ballpark Painting Contract

Please note: Opinion summaries are prepared by the Office of Public Information for the general public and news media. Opinion summaries are not prepared for every opinion released by the Court, but only for those cases considered noteworthy or of great public interest. Opinion summaries are not to be considered as official headnotes or syllabi of Court opinions. The full text of this and other Court opinions from 1992 to the present are available online from the Reporter of Decisions. In the Full Text search box, enter the eight-digit case number at the top of this summary and click "Submit."

Adobe PDF PDF files may be viewed, printed, and searched using the free Acrobat® Reader
Acrobat Reader is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.