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Case Caption | Case No. | Topics and Issues | Author | Citation / County | Decided | Posted | WebCite |
Disciplinary Counsel v. Gernert
| 2024-0173 | On notice of violation and motion to lift stay. | | |
10/31/2024
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10/31/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5205 |
State v. Thomas
| 2024-0832 | Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and cause remanded for application of State v. Mays. | | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5177 |
10/31/2024
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10/31/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5177 |
State ex rel. Johnson v. Higgins
| 2023-1332 | Quo 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 Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5174 |
10/31/2024
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10/31/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5174 |
State v. Sims
| 2024-0228 | Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and cause remanded for application of State v. Mays. | | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5175 |
10/31/2024
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10/31/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5175 |
10/31/2024 Case Announcements
| | Merit decisions with opinions—Disciplinary cases. | | |
10/31/2024
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10/31/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5206 |
10/31/2024 Administrative Actions
| | Administrative actions. | | |
10/31/2024
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10/31/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5207 |
State v. Shockey
| 2024-0298 | Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and cause remanded for application of State v. Mays. | | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5176 |
10/31/2024
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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
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10/30/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5187 |
Calo v. Stuff
| 2024-0366 | Habeas 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 Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5167 |
10/30/2024
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10/30/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5167 |
Columbus Bar Assn. v. Villarreal
| 2024-0492 | Attorneys—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 Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5165 |
10/30/2024
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10/30/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5165 |
State ex rel. Dudley v. Yost
| 2024-0161 | Mandamus—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 Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5166 |
10/30/2024
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10/30/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5166 |
State ex rel. Adkis v. Dept. of Rehab. & Corr. Legal Dept.
| 2023-1582 | Mandamus—Public-records requests—Limited writ granted and statutory damages awarded. | Per Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5154 |
10/30/2024
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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
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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
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10/30/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5173 |
Disciplinary Counsel v. Dugan
| 2023-1095 | Attorneys—Misconduct—Violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct—Conditionally stayed one-year suspension. | Per Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5118 |
10/29/2024
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10/29/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5118 |
Mahoning Cty. Bar Assn. v. Rohrbaugh
| 2024-1105 | Attorneys—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 Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5127 |
10/29/2024
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10/29/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5127 |
State ex rel. Slager v. Trelka
| 2023-1573 | Mandamus—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 Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5125 |
10/29/2024
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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
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10/29/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5104 |
10/29/2024 Case Announcements #2
| | Merit decisions with opinions. | | |
10/29/2024
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10/29/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5171 |
State ex rel. Walker v. Bolin
| 2024-0115 | Mandamus—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 Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5126 |
10/29/2024
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10/29/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5126 |
10/28/2024 Case Announcements
| | Official versions released. | | |
10/28/2024
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10/28/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5133 |
10/25/2024 Administrative Actions #2
| | Administrative actions. | | |
10/25/2024
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10/25/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5115 |
10/25/2024 Case Announcements
| | Merit decisions with opinions—Miscellaneous dismissals. | | |
10/25/2024
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10/25/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5113 |
10/25/2024 Administrative Actions
| | Administrative actions. | | |
10/25/2024
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10/25/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5106 |
State v. Echols
| 2023-1024 | Criminal 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
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10/25/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5088 |
10/24/2024 Administrative Actions
| | Administrative actions. | | |
10/24/2024
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10/24/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5090 |
State ex rel. Brinkman v. Toledo City School Dist. Bd. of Edn.
| 2023-1457 | Mandamus—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 Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5063 |
10/24/2024
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10/24/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5063 |
10/24/2024 Case Announcements
| | Merit decisions with opinions. | | |
10/24/2024
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10/24/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5089 |
State v. Kyles
| 2023-1182 | Criminal 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
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10/23/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5038 |
10/23/2024 Case Announcements #2
| | Motion and procedural rulings. | | |
10/23/2024
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10/23/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5086 |
10/23/2024 Case Announcements
| | Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Miscellaneous dismissals. | | |
10/23/2024
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10/23/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5072 |
State ex rel. Ware v. Fankhauser
| 2023-1497 | Mandamus—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 Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5037 |
10/23/2024
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10/23/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5037 |
State v. Smith
| 2024-1049 | Criminal 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 Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5030 |
10/22/2024
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10/22/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5030 |
State ex rel. Cincinnati Enquirer v. Bloom
| 2022-1457 | Mandamus—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
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10/22/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5029 |
10/22/2024 Case Announcements
| | Merit decisions with opinions. | | |
10/22/2024
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10/22/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5050 |
Disciplinary Counsel v. Shaaban
| 2023-0179 | On application for reinstatement. | | |
10/21/2024
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10/21/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5035 |
10/21/2024 Case Announcements #2
| | Motion and procedural rulings. | | |
10/21/2024
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10/21/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5062 |
10/21/2024 Case Announcements
| | Motion and procedural rulings—Disciplinary cases. | | |
10/21/2024
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10/21/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5036 |
Epcon Communities Franchising, L.L.C. v. Wilcox Dev. Group, L.L.C.
| 2022-1404 | Civil 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
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10/18/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4989 |
10/18/2024 Case Announcements
| | Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Disciplinary cases. | | |
10/18/2024
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10/18/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5021 |
In re Resignation of Recker
| 2024-1401 | Attorneys at law—Resignation with disciplinary action pending—Gov.Bar R. VI(11)(C). | | |
10/18/2024
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10/18/2024
| 2024-Ohio-5015 |
10/17/2024 Case Announcements
| | Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings. | | |
10/17/2024
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10/17/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4997 |
State ex rel. Brown v. Columbiana Cty. Jail
| 2023-1218 | Mandamus—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 Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-4969 |
10/17/2024
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10/17/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4969 |
Lorain Cty. Bar Assn. v. Walton
| 2024-1107 | Attorneys—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 Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-4975 |
10/17/2024
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10/17/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4975 |
State ex rel. Hunter v. Goldberg
| 2024-0205 | Mandamus—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 Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-4970 |
10/17/2024
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10/17/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4970 |
Disciplinary Counsel v. Miller
| 2024-1101 | Attorneys—Misconduct—Violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct—Conditionally stayed one-year suspension. | Per Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-4939 |
10/16/2024
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10/16/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4939 |
Toledo Bar Assn. v. Riley
| 2024-1104 | Attorneys—Misconduct—Violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct—Indefinite suspension, with no credit for time served under interim felony suspension. | Per Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-4941 |
10/16/2024
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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
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10/16/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4942 |
Columbus Bar Assn. v. McCarty
| 2024-1103 | Attorneys—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 Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-4940 |
10/16/2024
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10/16/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4940 |
State ex rel. Brill v. Lorain Cty. Bd. of Elections
| 2024-1313 | Elections—Mandamus—R.C. 731.32 requires strict compliance—Board of elections applied applicable law in sustaining intervening respondents’ protest—Writ denied. | Per Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-4990 |
10/16/2024
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10/16/2024
| 2024-Ohio-4990 |
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