Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010
2009-0941. In re Application of Middletown Coke Co., Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-5725.
Power Siting Board, No. 08-0281-EL-BGN. Order of the Power Siting Board reversed, and cause remanded.
Pfeifer, O'Connor, O'Donnell, Lanzinger, and Cupp, JJ., concur.
Lundberg Stratton, J., dissents.
Brown, C.J., not participating.
Opinion: http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2010/2010-Ohio-5725.pdf
Summary: Court Orders Power Siting Board to Review, Rule On Environmental Impact of Butler County Coke Ovens
2009-1149. State v. Dye, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-5728.
Lake App. No. 2008-L-106, 2009-Ohio-2949. Judgment of the court of appeals affirmed.
Pfeifer, O'Connor, O'Donnell, Lanzinger, and Cupp, JJ., concur.
Lundberg Stratton, J., dissents.
Brown, C.J., not participating.
Opinion: http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2010/2010-Ohio-5728.pdf
Summary: Court Rules 'Negotiated Plea' to Lesser Charge Barred Homicide Prosecution When Crime Victim Later Died
2010-1199. Cleveland Metro. Bar Assn. v. Hildebrand, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-5712.
On Certified Report by the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline, No. 09-071. John Patrick Hildebrand Jr., Attorney Registration No. 0068874, is permanently disbarred from the practice of law in Ohio.
Brown, C.J., and Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O'Connor, Lanzinger, and Cupp, JJ., concur.
O’Donnell, J., dissents and would indefinitely suspend the respondent from the practice of law in Ohio.
Opinion: http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2010/2010-Ohio-5712.pdf
Summary: Court Disbars, Suspends Attorneys
2010-1201. Mahoning Cty. Bar Assn. v. Sakmar, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-5720.
On Certified Report by the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline, No. 09-080. Michael A. Sakmar, Attorney Registration No. 0062443, is suspended from the practice of law in Ohio for two years, with one year stayed on condition, and probation imposed.
Brown, 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-5720.pdf
Summary: Court Disbars, Suspends Attorneys
2010-1229. State ex rel. Dehler v. Kelly, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-5724.
Trumbull App. No. 2009-T-0084, 2010-Ohio-3053. Judgment of the court of appeals affirmed.
Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O'Connor, O'Donnell, Lanzinger, and Cupp, JJ., concur.
Brown, C.J., dissents.
Brown, 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-5724.pdf
2010-1240. State ex rel. Dehler v. Spatny, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-5711.
Trumbull App. No. 2009-T-0075, 2010-Ohio-3052. Judgment of the court of appeals affirmed.
Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O'Connor, O'Donnell, Lanzinger, and Cupp, JJ., concur.
Brown, C.J., dissents.
Opinion: http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2010/2010-Ohio-5711.pdf
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