| Case Caption | Case No. | Topics and Issues | Author | Citation / County | Decided | Posted | WebCite |
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Preterm-Cleveland v. Yost
| C-240668 | CIV.R. 12(C) — INJUNCTIONS — SEVERABILITY — CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — ABUSE OF DISCRETION: Where plaintiffs’ complaint sought to enjoin all provisions enacted or amended by S.B. 23, but where the complaint alleged that only one provision of S.B. 23 was substantively unconstitutional, the trial court did not commit reversible error by addressing the severability of those provisions of S.B. 23 not alleged to be unconstitutional when entering judgment on the pleadings, despite plaintiffs’ failure to substantively address the issue of severability in their initial Civ.R. 12(C) motion. The trial court abused its discretion by enjoining enforcement of provisions whose constitutionality had not been challenged, on the grounds that those provisions were substantively unconstitutional; the trial court should have presumed those provisions’ constitutionality and asked only if they were severable from the challenged provision. | Crouse | Hamilton |
1/7/2026
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1/7/2026
| 2026-Ohio-23 |
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State v. Kyambadde
| C-250006 | EVIDENCE — BIAS — EVID.R. 616 — HARMLESS ERROR — DOMESTIC VIOLENCE — REASONABLE PARENTAL DISCIPLINE: The trial court’s erroneous exclusion of evidence admissible to prove witnesses’ biases and motivations to lie under Evid.R. 616 was harmless where the jury saw photographic evidence of the victim’s injuries that proved defendant’s parental discipline was unreasonable. | Bock | Hamilton |
1/7/2026
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1/7/2026
| 2026-Ohio-24 |