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| Case Caption | Case No. | Topics and Issues | Author | Citation / County | Decided | Posted | WebCite |
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State v. Siniff
| 2025-G-0011 | CRIMINAL LAW – financial sanction; ineffective assistance of trial counsel; affidavit of indigency; not mandatory fine; R.C. 2929.18; consideration of offender’s present and future ability to pay; R.C. 2929.19; not clearly and convincingly contrary to law; clerical error; nunc pro tunc judgment entry. | Eklund | Geauga |
9/15/2025
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9/15/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4327 |
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State v. Karpovitch
| 2024-L-064, 2024-L-065 | CRIMINAL - felony sentencing; consecutive sentences; R.C. 2929.14(C)(4); necessity and proportionality; pending cases; aggregate sentence; judicial bias; due process; Reagan Tokes notifications; R.C. 2929.144(C); indefinite sentencing; maximum terms | S. Lynch | Lake |
9/15/2025
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9/15/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4323 |
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State v. Gardjulis
| 2024-L-066 | CRIMINAL LAW - speedy trial; R.C. 2945.71; original charge later reduced by indictment on lesser offense resets the speedy trial timeline. | Patton | Lake |
9/15/2025
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9/15/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4324 |
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Kamp v. Figuero
| 2024-L-090 | CIVIL LAW - civil stalking protection order ("CSPO"); consent order; R.C. 2903.211. | Patton | Lake |
9/15/2025
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9/15/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4325 |
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State v. Miller
| 2025-P-0022 | CRIMINAL - motion to suppress; operating a vehicle while intoxicated; reasonable suspicion; probable cause; field sobriety tests; HGN test; optokinetic nystagmus; walk and turn test; trier of fact; credibility of witnesses | S. Lynch | Portage |
9/15/2025
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9/15/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4328 |
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In re M.E.B.
| 2024-T-0107 | APPELLATE REVIEW - interlocutory order; R.C. 2505.02; Sup.R. 76; appeal dismissed for lack of final appealable order. | Patton | Trumbull |
9/15/2025
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9/15/2025
| 2025-Ohio-4326 |
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State v. Ison
| 2024-T-0094 | CRIMINAL - competence to stand trial; competency hearing; "raising" competence; maintaining defense; indicia of incompetence; mental health diagnosis; sufficiency of the evidence; trespass in a habitation; stealth; force; merger; allied offenses; aggravated robbery; felonious assault; separate and identifiable harm; consecutive sentences; proportionality analysis; criminal history; omnibus sentences; violent offender classification | S. Lynch | Trumbull |
9/8/2025
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9/8/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3193 |
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Cuyahoga Lakefront Land, L.L.C. v. Trumbull Cty. Bd. of Revision
| 2024-T-0106 | ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL - Ohio Board of Tax Appeals; valuation complaint; board of revision; expert appraisal; failure to account for value of buildings; reasonable and lawful; credibility and weight; abuse of discretion; burden-shifting. | Eklund | Trumbull |
9/8/2025
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9/8/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3194 |
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Shafer Industrial Servs., Inc. v. A & M Towing & Road Serv., Inc.
| 2025-T-0002 | CIVIL - replevin; breach of contract; mechanic's lien; weight of the evidence; mitigation of damages; evidence of settlement offer; Evid.R. 408 | S. Lynch | Trumbull |
9/8/2025
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9/8/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3197 |
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In re A.W.
| 2025-T-0011 | JUVENILE – Dependency; motion for custody of adjudicated dependent minor; objection to magistrate’s decision; trial court sustained objection; trial court applied incorrect legal standard by determining that father’s wish to parent was controlling standard; father implicitly deemed unsuitable; fundamental inquiry is whether custody with a previously adjudicated parent is in the best interest of the child; trial court erred in determining that placement with father was in minor child’s best interest. | Eklund | Trumbull |
9/8/2025
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9/8/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3198 |
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Marts v. Marts
| 2025-P-0004 | DOMESTIC RELATIONS - residential parent; parental rights; abuse of discretion; arbitrary; best interest; factual finding; relocation out of country; ties to community; relationship with parents; magistrate's decision; objections; independent review | S. Lynch | Portage |
9/8/2025
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9/8/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3196 |
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Kovacic v. Wickliffe
| 2025-L-028 | CIVIL - defamation; motion to dismiss; Civ.R. 12(B)(6); Civ.R. 10(C); statute of limitations; R.C. 2305.11(A); amended complaint; Civ.R. 15(C); Civ.R. 15(D); principle of party presentation. | Lucci | Lake |
9/8/2025
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9/8/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3195 |
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State v. Cameron
| 2024-A-0103 | CRIMINAL - sentencing; allied offenses of similar import; domestic violence; felonious assault; single act; single animus; same harm; concurrent sentences; merged offenses. | M. Lynch | Ashtabula |
9/8/2025
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9/8/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3192 |
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State v. Chuppa
| 2025-L-009 | CRIMINAL LAW – motion to suppress; mixed questions of law and fact; controlled buy of narcotics; investigatory stop of vehicle; officer had reasonable suspicion to conduct stop; probable cause to believe the vehicle contained drugs; automobile exception; statements to police were not “fruit of the poisonous tree.” | Patton | Lake |
9/2/2025
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9/2/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3117 |
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State v. Anderson
| 2025-L-012 | POSTCONVICTION RELIEF – R.C. 2953.21; abuse of discretion; ineffective assistance of counsel; res judicata; direct appeal; not entitled to hearing. | Patton | Lake |
9/2/2025
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9/2/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3118 |
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State v. Reynoso
| 2025-L-019, 2025-L-020 | CRIMINAL LAW - restitution; automobile accident; damage; victim's car totaled; no estimate of vehicle's value; receipts for rental vehicles provided to court; receipts not submitted into evidence; court not limited to rules of evidence in a restitution hearing; no evidence to review; reverse. | Lucci | Lake |
9/2/2025
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9/2/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3119 |
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State v. Talbert
| 2024-T-0081 | CRIMINAL LAW - sentencing; transitional control program; R.C. 2967.26; clearly and convincingly contrary to law; R.C. 2953.08(G)(2); not part of criminal sentence; R.C. 2929.01; R.C. 2929.19; judiciary’s power is to impose a sentence authorized by law; disapproval permitted when offender is serving a prison term of less than one year; promotion of effective rehabilitation; R.C. 2929.11. | Eklund | Trumbull |
9/2/2025
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9/2/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3116 |
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State v. Robinson
| 2025-T-0044 | APPELLATE REVIEW - R.C. 2953.02; in criminal cases, court of appeals only has jurisdiction to hear an appeal from a judgment or final order which amounts to disposition of the cause; appellant has not been convicted and sentenced; lack of jurisdiction. | Lucci | Trumbull |
9/2/2025
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9/2/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3120 |
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State v. Hameed
| 2024-T-0103 | CRIMINAL LAW - aggravated murder; counsel retained one week prior to trial; failure to request continuance was not ineffective assistance; failure to request jury instruction was tactical decision; plain error review; inferior-degree offense; voluntary manslaughter; sudden passion or fit of rage; self-defense. | M. Lynch | Trumbull |
8/25/2025
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8/25/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3029 |
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State v. Heald
| 2025-L-010 | CRIMINAL – Strangulation; Domestic Violence; Violating a Protection Order; manifest weight of the evidence; merger; Strangulation conviction did not merge with Domestic Violence Conviction where harm to leg and throat were separate and identifiable; failure to object to apparent error in verdict form waives all but plain error; trial court rectified error in the form and instructed jury to continue deliberations. | Eklund | Lake |
8/25/2025
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8/25/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3031 |
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State v. Wallace
| 2025-L-013 | CRIMINAL LAW - bench trial; domestic violence; recorded statement to police; hearsay; Evid.R. 801; business record; Evid.R. 803(6); hearsay within hearsay; Evid.R. 805; recorded recollection; Evid.R. 803(5); error not harmless; double jeopardy; retrial not barred. | Eklund | Lake |
8/25/2025
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8/25/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3032 |
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Smirnova v. Flannery & Georgalis, L.L.C.
| 2025-L-078 | APPELLATE REVIEW - App.R. 4(A); thirty-day rule; Civ.R. 58(B); untimely appeal. | Eklund | Lake |
8/25/2025
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8/25/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3033 |
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In re O.P.
| 2025-A-0008 | JUVENILE - disposition of dependent child; R.C. 2151.353(A); temporary custody to agency; legal custody to parent; best interest factors; R.C. 3109.04; findings supported by the record. | M. Lynch | Ashtabula |
8/25/2025
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8/25/2025
| 2025-Ohio-3030 |
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State v. Frasure
| 2024-A-0049, 2024-A-0050 | CRIMINAL - Operating a Vehicle Impaired ("OVI"); R.C. 4511.19(A)(1)(h); trespass; R.C. 2911.12(B); Anders brief; guilty plea; Crim.R. 11; felony sentencing | M. Lynch | Ashtabula |
8/18/2025
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8/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2922 |
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State v. Hall
| 2024-A-0105 | CRIMINAL LAW - Anders v. California; wholly frivolous appeal; indefinite sentence; stipulated sentence; authorized by law; not subject to appellate review; R.C. 2953.08(D)(1). | M. Lynch | Ashtabula |
8/18/2025
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8/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2923 |
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Johnson v. Reynolds
| 2025-A-0022 | EXTRAORDINARY WRITS - petition for writ of habeas corpus; jurisdiction of sentencing court; jurisdiction of appellate court; discretionary appeal to Ohio Supreme Court is an adequate remedy at law. | Per Curiam | Ashtabula |
8/18/2025
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8/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2929 |
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State v. Diaz
| 2024-L-077 | CRIMINAL LAW - sufficiency of the evidence; manifest weight of the evidence; complicity to commit burglary; circumstantial evidence; solicit; procure; permanent or temporary habitation. | M. Lynch | Lake |
8/18/2025
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8/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2924 |
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J&S Motors, L.L.C. v. Hendking
| 2024-L-088 | CIVIL - small claims; magistrate decision; preponderance of the evidence; objections; transcript; admission of evidence; claims raised on appeal; legal authorities; App.R. 16(A)(7). | M. Lynch | Lake |
8/18/2025
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8/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2925 |
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Sharp v. Richmond
| 2024-L-094 | CHILD CUSTODY - magistrate's decision; termination of shared parenting plan; objections; transcript; best interest factors; trial court; independent review. | M. Lynch | Lake |
8/18/2025
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8/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2926 |
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Johnson v. TKP Auto Sales, Inc.
| 2025-L-011 | CIVIL - small claims; use motor vehicle; express warranty; R.C. 1302.26(A)(1); "as is"; R.C. 1302.29(C)(1); revocation of acceptance | S. Lynch | Lake |
8/18/2025
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8/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2930 |
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State ex rel. Oatman v. DeLeone
| 2025-L-058 | EXTRAORDINARY WRIT - mandamus; juvenile court; child support order; Civ.R. 12(B)(6) motion to dismiss; compliance with R.C. 2731.04; request to correct caption; adequate remedy at law; mootness; already ruled on pending motions; improper raising of additional claims. | Per Curiam | Lake |
8/18/2025
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8/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2931 |
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In re M.S.H.
| 2025-L-069 | JURISDICTION - termination of parental rights; juvenile; civil case; untimely; Civ.R. 58(B) requirements met; no ability to enlarge time; appeal dismissed. | Lucci | Lake |
8/18/2025
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8/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2932 |
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State v. Jones
| 2024-P-0082 | CRIMINAL LAW – public indecency; R.C. 2907.09(A)(1)(2); sufficiency; manifest weight; ineffective assistance of counsel. | Patton | Portage |
8/18/2025
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8/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2928 |
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State v. Peterson
| 2024-P-0075 | CRIMINAL - aggravated possession; R.C. 2925.11(A); aggravated trafficking; R.C. 2925.03(A)(2); tampering with evidence; R.C. 2921.12(A)(1); methamphetamine; bulk amount; R.C. 2925.01(D)(1)(g); knowingly; R.C. 2901.22(B); sufficiency of the evidence; manifest weight of the evidence; admissibility of relevant evidence; motion in limine; plain error. | S. Lynch | Portage |
8/18/2025
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8/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2937 |
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State v. Bumbico
| 2025-T-0036 | APPELLATE REVIEW – App.R. 4(A)(1); untimely criminal appeal; has not sought leave to appeal under App.R. 5(A); appeal dismissed. | S. Lynch | Trumbull |
8/18/2025
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8/18/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2933 |
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State v. Brown
| 2025-T-0001 | CRIMINAL - manifest weight of the evidence; sufficient evidence; Crim.R. 29(A); use of a firearm; operability of a firearm; circumstantial evidence of operability; felonious assault; having weapons while under disability; firearm specification | S. Lynch | Trumbull |
8/11/2025
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8/11/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2810 |
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State v. Bliffin
| 2025-A-0001, 2025-A-0002 | CRIMINAL LAW - community control violations; felony sentencing; standard of review; R.C. 2953.08(G)(2); jointly recommended sentence imposed by the sentencing court; R.C. 2953.08(G)(2); prison term authorized by law; R.C. 2929.15(B). | Lucci | Ashtabula |
8/11/2025
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8/11/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2809 |
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Cleveland Skydiving Ctr., Inc. v. Troy Twp. Bd. of Zoning Appeals
| 2024-G-0043 | ZONING - prior non-conforming use; sky diving business; campground; resolution adopted in 1984; does not include campgrounds; operated as early as mid-1960s; 1956 ordinance submitted without notice; laches; estoppel; non-enforcement; prior appeal dismissed; untimely; R.C. 2506.01; procedural due process; Civ.R. 8 pleading requirements do not apply to appellate proceedings; equitable defenses not argued; Constitutional due process violated; no waiver or forfeit of ability to contest application of R.C. 1956 resolution; allegations of bias; board acted without complete impartiality; some evidence of bias; lack of due process does not imply lack of jurisdiction; R.C. 2506.03; hearing on remand; additional evidence. | Lucci | Geauga |
8/11/2025
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8/11/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2808 |
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State v. Smith
| 2025-G-0005 | CRIMINAL LAW – failure to register change of employment; R.C. 2950.05; motion to dismiss indictment; unconstitutional vagueness; as applied challenge; place of employment address; common, everyday meaning; the address of the physical environment where one engages or is employed in activity; the location where an offender performs work. | Eklund | Geauga |
8/4/2025
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8/4/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2736 |
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State v. Grady
| 2024-L-089 | CRIMINAL – Motion to Suppress; Fourth Amendment; search and seizure; extension of stop; voluntary consent to search. | Eklund | Lake |
8/4/2025
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8/4/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2734 |
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State v. Nix
| 2024-L-092 | CRIMINAL - possession of cocaine; trafficking in cocaine; motion to suppress; reasonable suspicion of criminal activity; seizure; automobile stop; collective knowledge doctrine; probable cause to search; automobile exception; informant; weight of the evidence | S. Lynch | Lake |
8/4/2025
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8/4/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2735 |
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Tamarac Apts., L.L.C. v. Austin
| 2025-L-061 | APPELLATE REVIEW - Trial court judgment can only be immediately reviewed by an appellate court if it constitutes a final order; R.C. 2505.02(B); deferring damages for a later determination is not a final order; attorney fees amount not awarded and not disposed of in entry on appeal is not a final order. | S. Lynch | Lake |
8/4/2025
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8/4/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2737 |
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Luoma, Exr. of Estate of Bayus v. Bayus
| 2025-T-0005 | PROBATE - concealment; R.C. 2109.50; inter vivos gift; intent; weight of the evidence | S. Lynch | Trumbull |
8/4/2025
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8/4/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2738 |
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Salyers v. Salyers
| 2025-T-0009 | CIVIL – Domestic Relations; shared parenting plan; objection to notice of relocation; magistrate’s decision; Civ.R. 53; abuse of discretion; plain error; trial court divested of jurisdiction over issues that could potentially conflict with the disposition of a pending appeal; no evidence trial court was improperly bias against father or engaged in gender-based assumptions in its ruling. | Eklund | Trumbull |
8/4/2025
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8/4/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2739 |
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Edwards v. Jeziorkowski
| 2025-T-0037 | APPELLATE REVIEW - App.R. 4(A); thirty-day rule; Civ.R. 58(B); untimely appeal. | Eklund | Trumbull |
8/4/2025
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8/4/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2740 |
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State v. Douglas
| 2024-T-0099; 2024-T-0100; 2024-T-0101 | CRIMINAL LAW - bench trial; domestic violence; manifest weight of the evidence; witness credibility; ineffective assistance of counsel; trial strategy; Crim.R. 29 motion for acquittal; fruitless. | Eklund | Trumbull |
7/28/2025
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7/28/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2635 |
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State v. Jackson
| 2024-L-037 | CRIMINAL - felony sentencing; presumption of vindictiveness; law of the case | M. Lynch | Lake |
7/28/2025
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7/28/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2634 |
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Great Lakes Crushing, Ltd. v. Fairport Harbor
| 2025-L-040 | APPELLATE REVIEW - denial of a stay pending arbitration in a commercial construction contract is not a final appealable order; R.C. 2711.02(D) | Patton | Lake |
7/28/2025
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7/28/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2637 |
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Lavrich v. Snyderburn
| 2025-G-0003 | CIVIL – Small claims; landlord failed to return security deposit; counterclaim for damages to tenancy; R.C. 5321.16; double damages only available for portion of security deposit wrongfully withheld; trial court failed to make findings as to amount of security deposit properly withheld, if any. | Eklund | Geauga |
7/28/2025
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7/28/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2636 |
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Eagle Ridge Subdivision Property Owners Assn., Inc. v. Slodov
| 2025-G-0001 | CIVIL - motion to dismiss; vacating dismissal; final order; Civ.R. 60(B); sua sponte; involuntary dismissal; Civ.R. 60(A); clerical mistake | S. Lynch | Geauga |
7/21/2025
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7/21/2025
| 2025-Ohio-2569 |
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