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Disciplinary Counsel v. Gernert 2024-0173On notice of violation and motion to lift stay.   10/31/2024 10/31/2024 2024-Ohio-5205
State v. Thomas 2024-0832Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and cause remanded for application of State v. Mays. Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5177 10/31/2024 10/31/2024 2024-Ohio-5177
State ex rel. Johnson v. Higgins 2023-1332Quo warranto—Relator cannot establish that he is entitled to position of fire chief or that respondent is unlawfully holding the position, because relator was not the candidate who received the highest civil-service-examination grade for the position and his name did not appear on an eligible-candidate list for promotion—Writ denied.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5174 10/31/2024 10/31/2024 2024-Ohio-5174
State v. Sims 2024-0228Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and cause remanded for application of State v. Mays. Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5175 10/31/2024 10/31/2024 2024-Ohio-5175
10/31/2024 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions—Disciplinary cases.   10/31/2024 10/31/2024 2024-Ohio-5206
10/31/2024 Administrative Actions  Administrative actions.   10/31/2024 10/31/2024 2024-Ohio-5207
State v. Shockey 2024-0298Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and cause remanded for application of State v. Mays. Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5176 10/31/2024 10/31/2024 2024-Ohio-5176
10/30/2024 Case Announcements #2  Motion and procedural rulings—Disciplinary cases—Miscellaneous dismissals—Mediation matters.   10/30/2024 10/30/2024 2024-Ohio-5187
Calo v. Stuff 2024-0366Habeas corpus—A convicted inmate may not rely on former parole guidelines that were no longer effective by the time of the inmate’s parole hearing, even if those guidelines would have provided for earlier consideration of parole—A document is not considered filed in an Ohio court until deposited with the clerk of court—Inmate can prove no set of facts that would entitle him to immediate release from prison—Court of appeals’ dismissal of petition affirmed.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5167 10/30/2024 10/30/2024 2024-Ohio-5167
Columbus Bar Assn. v. Villarreal 2024-0492Attorneys—Misconduct—Violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct, including engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation—Eighteen-month suspension, fully stayed on conditions.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5165 10/30/2024 10/30/2024 2024-Ohio-5165
State ex rel. Dudley v. Yost 2024-0161Mandamus—Elections—Writ sought to direct attorney general to certify summary of proposed constitutional amendment—Limited writ granted ordering attorney general to examine summary of relators’ proposed amendment under R.C. 3519.01(A).Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5166 10/30/2024 10/30/2024 2024-Ohio-5166
State ex rel. Adkis v. Dept. of Rehab. & Corr. Legal Dept. 2023-1582Mandamus—Public-records requests—Limited writ granted and statutory damages awarded.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5154 10/30/2024 10/30/2024 2024-Ohio-5154
10/30/2024 Case Announcements #3  Motion and procedural rulings—Miscellaneous dismissals—Reconsideration of prior decisions.   10/30/2024 10/30/2024 2024-Ohio-5204
10/30/2024 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions—Merit decisions without opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Appeals accepted for review.   10/30/2024 10/30/2024 2024-Ohio-5173
Disciplinary Counsel v. Dugan 2023-1095Attorneys—Misconduct—Violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct—Conditionally stayed one-year suspension.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5118 10/29/2024 10/29/2024 2024-Ohio-5118
Mahoning Cty. Bar Assn. v. Rohrbaugh 2024-1105Attorneys—Misconduct—Attorney violated the Rules of Professional Conduct by registering a fictitious entity in Ohio as part of a financial-crimes scheme culminating in his felony convictions—Indefinite suspension with credit for time served under interim felony suspension.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5127 10/29/2024 10/29/2024 2024-Ohio-5127
State ex rel. Slager v. Trelka 2023-1573Mandamus—Public-records requests—Prison’s public-information officer had no duty to produce records requested by inmate that no longer exist or never existed, create new records to meet inmate’s demands, produce security records exempt from release, produce records in response to inmate’s overly broad request, or produce records available only in medium that would be contraband in violation of prison rules—Writ and relator’s requests for statutory damages and court costs denied.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5125 10/29/2024 10/29/2024 2024-Ohio-5125
10/29/2024 Case Announcements  Merit decisions without opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Appeals accepted for review—Appeals not accepted for review—Reconsideration of prior decisions.   10/29/2024 10/29/2024 2024-Ohio-5104
10/29/2024 Case Announcements #2  Merit decisions with opinions.   10/29/2024 10/29/2024 2024-Ohio-5171
State ex rel. Walker v. Bolin 2024-0115Mandamus—Inmate failed to strictly comply with requirements of R.C. 2969.25(C) for obtaining a waiver of filing fee in mandamus action he filed in court of appeals—Court of appeals’ dismissal of complaint affirmed.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5126 10/29/2024 10/29/2024 2024-Ohio-5126
10/28/2024 Case Announcements  Official versions released.   10/28/2024 10/28/2024 2024-Ohio-5133
10/25/2024 Administrative Actions #2  Administrative actions.   10/25/2024 10/25/2024 2024-Ohio-5115
10/25/2024 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions—Miscellaneous dismissals.   10/25/2024 10/25/2024 2024-Ohio-5113
10/25/2024 Administrative Actions  Administrative actions.   10/25/2024 10/25/2024 2024-Ohio-5106
State v. Echols 2023-1024Criminal law—Other-acts evidence—Witness intimidation—Evidence of witness intimidation must be properly analyzed under Evid.R. 404(B) when offered as proof of an “other crime, wrong, or act”—Witness-intimidation evidence relevant for a nonpropensity purpose must still be subjected to Evid.R. 403(A) balancing to determine whether its probative value is substantially outweighed by danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of issues, or misleading jury—Judgment affirmed.DeWine, J.Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5088 10/25/2024 10/25/2024 2024-Ohio-5088
10/24/2024 Administrative Actions  Administrative actions.   10/24/2024 10/24/2024 2024-Ohio-5090
State ex rel. Brinkman v. Toledo City School Dist. Bd. of Edn. 2023-1457Mandamus—Public-records requests—Requests conveyed that relator was seeking particular records and therefore were not overbroad—School district has clear legal duty to disclose to relator all text not protected by attorney-client privilege in requested letter outlining scope, terms, and conditions of legal representation of school district in its lawsuit against State—School district failed to comply with obligation under R.C. 149.43(B) by improperly redacting from requested letter sentence not protected by attorney-client privilege, and school district delayed producing redacted copies of requested letters for more than four months—Writ granted in part and denied in part and relator awarded court costs, $1,000 in statutory damages, and reasonable attorney’s fees.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5063 10/24/2024 10/24/2024 2024-Ohio-5063
10/24/2024 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions.   10/24/2024 10/24/2024 2024-Ohio-5089
State v. Kyles 2023-1182Criminal law—R.C. 959.131—R.C. 959.131 defines “companion animal” as including “any” dog or cat—A dog or cat need not be “kept” under R.C. 959.131’s definition of “companion animal” to be protected under R.C. 959.131—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and cause remanded.Fischer, J.Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5038 10/23/2024 10/23/2024 2024-Ohio-5038
10/23/2024 Case Announcements #2  Motion and procedural rulings.   10/23/2024 10/23/2024 2024-Ohio-5086
10/23/2024 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Miscellaneous dismissals.   10/23/2024 10/23/2024 2024-Ohio-5072
State ex rel. Ware v. Fankhauser 2023-1497Mandamus—Public-records requests—Because respondent produced all records responsive to public-records request, request for writ is moot—Because relator failed to show by clear and convincing evidence that he requested public records from respondent by certified mail and that respondent failed to promptly respond to his request, relator is not entitled to statutory damages—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5037 10/23/2024 10/23/2024 2024-Ohio-5037
State v. Smith 2024-1049Criminal law—Venue—Court of appeals’ judgment summarily reversed under S.Ct.Prac.R. 7.08(B)(3) based on the authority of State v. Headley.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5030 10/22/2024 10/22/2024 2024-Ohio-5030
State ex rel. Cincinnati Enquirer v. Bloom 2022-1457Mandamus—Prohibition—Open-courts provision of Ohio Constitution prohibits closing a juvenile-delinquency proceeding to public without making an individualized determination balancing the interests at stake—Mandatory sealing of juvenile-delinquency records under R.C. 2151.356 unconstitutional—Writs granted.DeWine, J.Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5029 10/22/2024 10/22/2024 2024-Ohio-5029
10/22/2024 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions.   10/22/2024 10/22/2024 2024-Ohio-5050
Disciplinary Counsel v. Shaaban 2023-0179On application for reinstatement.   10/21/2024 10/21/2024 2024-Ohio-5035
10/21/2024 Case Announcements #2  Motion and procedural rulings.   10/21/2024 10/21/2024 2024-Ohio-5062
10/21/2024 Case Announcements  Motion and procedural rulings—Disciplinary cases.   10/21/2024 10/21/2024 2024-Ohio-5036
Epcon Communities Franchising, L.L.C. v. Wilcox Dev. Group, L.L.C. 2022-1404Civil law—Preemption—Judicial restraint—Trial court erred by dismissing case on theory that if a state-law cause of action for contribution existed, it was preempted by federal law—No party had argued for federal preemption, constitutional avoidance prevents courts from answering a constitutional question unless necessary to do so, and whether federal preemption applies is a hypothetical question—Judgment reversed and cause remanded to trial court.DeWine, J.Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-4989 10/18/2024 10/18/2024 2024-Ohio-4989
10/18/2024 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Disciplinary cases.   10/18/2024 10/18/2024 2024-Ohio-5021
In re Resignation of Recker 2024-1401Attorneys at law—Resignation with disciplinary action pending—Gov.Bar R. VI(11)(C).   10/18/2024 10/18/2024 2024-Ohio-5015
10/17/2024 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings.   10/17/2024 10/17/2024 2024-Ohio-4997
State ex rel. Brown v. Columbiana Cty. Jail 2023-1218Mandamus—Public-records requests—County jail is not a person or office capable of being sued or responsible for public records—Records held by private jail administrators, which maintained quasi-agency relationship with sheriff’s office, are public records—Sheriff’s office has clear legal duty to obtain from private jail administrators and produce records responsive to inmate’s public-records requests—Limited writ granted, ordering sheriff’s office to obtain and disclose to inmate any additional public records responsive to his requests or else certify that no additional responsive records exist.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-4969 10/17/2024 10/17/2024 2024-Ohio-4969
Lorain Cty. Bar Assn. v. Walton 2024-1107Attorneys—Misconduct—Violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct, including failing to inform client of potential entitlement to refund of fees paid if representation not completed, failing to inform client of lack of professional-liability insurance, and failing to deposit advance legal fees in client trust account and to withdraw those fees only as earned or expenses incurred—Eighteen-month suspension fully stayed on conditions, to commence after attorney’s license has been restored to active status from current suspension.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-4975 10/17/2024 10/17/2024 2024-Ohio-4975
State ex rel. Hunter v. Goldberg 2024-0205Mandamus—Supersedeas—Posting of bonds—Relator cannot show a right to a writ of mandamus or supersedeas to stay a judgment until she posts a bond and bond is approved by court—Writs denied.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-4970 10/17/2024 10/17/2024 2024-Ohio-4970
Disciplinary Counsel v. Miller 2024-1101Attorneys—Misconduct—Violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct—Conditionally stayed one-year suspension.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-4939 10/16/2024 10/16/2024 2024-Ohio-4939
Toledo Bar Assn. v. Riley 2024-1104Attorneys—Misconduct—Violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct—Indefinite suspension, with no credit for time served under interim felony suspension.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-4941 10/16/2024 10/16/2024 2024-Ohio-4941
10/16/2024 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions—Merit decisions without opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Appeals not accepted for review.   10/16/2024 10/16/2024 2024-Ohio-4942
Columbus Bar Assn. v. McCarty 2024-1103Attorneys—Misconduct—Violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct, including failing to deposit into a client trust account advance legal fees and expenses to be withdrawn by the lawyer only as fees are earned or expenses incurred—Conditionally stayed six-month suspension.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-4940 10/16/2024 10/16/2024 2024-Ohio-4940
State ex rel. Brill v. Lorain Cty. Bd. of Elections 2024-1313Elections—Mandamus—R.C. 731.32 requires strict compliance—Board of elections applied applicable law in sustaining intervening respondents’ protest—Writ denied.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-4990 10/16/2024 10/16/2024 2024-Ohio-4990
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