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05/27/2026 Case Announcements

Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Miscellaneous dismissals—Mediation matters.

5/27/2026

2026-Ohio-1932

Posan v. Boyer

2025-0491

Cause remanded to court of appeals for application of Hoskins v. Cleveland.

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1898

5/27/2026

2026-Ohio-1898

State ex rel. Ctr. for Media & Democracy v. Yost

2023-0270

Mandamus—Public-records requests—Discovery—In public-records mandamus action, court of appeals issued discovery order compelling responses to interrogatories and requests for production of documents and ordering attorney general to appear for deposition—Discovery in a public-records mandamus action must be restricted to conform with the purpose of discovery set forth in Civ.R. 26(A) and the scope of discovery set forth in Civ.R. 26(B)(1)—When requested records cannot be or have not been produced, courts should limit discovery in a public-records mandamus action to the nature of the public office’s search for responsive records and to information relevant to the claims and defenses asserted by the parties—When requested records exist and can be produced but the parties dispute whether the records should be produced, any discovery must be confined by the claims asserted by the requester and the defenses asserted by the public office relative to producing the records—In issuing its discovery order, the court of appeals misapplied the law and abused its discretion in determining the correct scope of discovery under Civ.R. 26(B)(1) in context of a public-records mandamus action and in ordering deposition of a high-ranking government official—Court of appeals’ discovery order vacated and cause remanded for proper consideration of discovery requests.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1899

5/27/2026

2026-Ohio-1899

05/26/2026 Case Announcements

Merit decisions without opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Appeals accepted for review—Appeals not accepted for review—Reconsideration of prior decisions—Disciplinary cases.

5/26/2026

2026-Ohio-1880

In re Application of Oak Run Solar Project, L.L.C.

2024-1477

Public utilities—Certificate of construction for solar farm—R.C. 4906.10(A)—Adm.Code 4906-4-08(D)(4)(e)—Ohio Power Siting Board did not obtain from applicant seeking certificate to construct solar farm photographic simulations or artist’s pictorial sketches of substations for the proposed project, which the board needed to adequately assess the proposed project from public vantage points under Adm.Code 4906-4-08(D)(4)(e) and to make the substantive statutory determinations regarding the visual impacts of the proposed project under R.C. 4906.10(A)—Orders affirmed in part and reversed in part and matter remanded.

Fischer, J.

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1849

5/26/2026

2026-Ohio-1849

State ex rel. Yost v. Columbus City Schools Bd. of Edn.

2024-1250

Mandamus—Standing—Parens patriae doctrine—Parens patriae standing allows for the State to sue for indirect injury, which is inconsistent with the requirement that relators in mandamus cases be directly benefited or injured by a judgment in the case—Attorney general would not directly benefit from a writ of mandamus in a case affecting a small number of pupils within one school district and therefore cannot show that the case concerns well-being of a substantial segment of the State’s population—Parens patriae standing cannot apply in a mandamus case and attorney general lacks standing—Cause dismissed.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1878

5/26/2026

2026-Ohio-1878

05/26/2026 Case Announcements #3

Motion and procedural rulings.

5/26/2026

2026-Ohio-1912

In re Resignation of Henniger

2026-0573

Attorneys at law—Resignation with disciplinary action pending—Gov.Bar R. VI(11)(C).

5/26/2026

2026-Ohio-1884

05/26/2026 Case Announcements #2

Official versions released—Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Disciplinary cases.

5/26/2026

2026-Ohio-1897

In re Resignation of Yerman

2026-0541

Attorneys at law—Resignation with disciplinary action pending—Gov.Bar R. VI(11)(C).

5/26/2026

2026-Ohio-1883

05/22/2026 Case Announcements

Motion and procedural rulings—Miscellaneous dismissals.

5/22/2026

2026-Ohio-1877

05/22/2026 Case Announcements #2

Motion and procedural rulings.

5/22/2026

2026-Ohio-1879

05/21/2026 Case Announcements

Miscellaneous dismissals.

5/21/2026

2026-Ohio-1848

05/20/2026 Case Announcements

Motion and procedural rulings—Disciplinary cases.

5/20/2026

2026-Ohio-1819

05/19/2026 Case Announcements

Mediation matters.

5/19/2026

2026-Ohio-1817

05/18/2026 Case Announcements

Motion and procedural rulings—Disciplinary cases.

5/18/2026

2026-Ohio-1804

05/15/2026 Case Announcements

Motion and procedural rulings.

5/15/2026

2026-Ohio-1786

05/15/2026 Case Announcements #2

Motion and procedural rulings—Appeals not accepted for review.

5/15/2026

2026-Ohio-1801

05/14/2026 Case Announcements

Motion and procedural rulings.

5/14/2026

2026-Ohio-1759

05/13/2026 Case Announcements

Disciplinary cases—Miscellaneous dismissals.

5/13/2026

2026-Ohio-1740

05/13/2026 Case Announcements #2

Motion and procedural rulings.

5/13/2026

2026-Ohio-1760

05/12/2026 Case Announcements #3

Motion and procedural rulings—Miscellaneous dismissals—Mediation matters.

5/12/2026

2026-Ohio-1724

05/12/2026 Case Announcements #2

Motion and procedural rulings.

5/12/2026

2026-Ohio-1687

05/12/2026 Case Announcements

Merit decisions without opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Appeals accepted for review—Appeals not accepted for review—Reconsideration of prior decisions.

5/12/2026

2026-Ohio-1686

05/11/2026 Case Announcements

Official versions released.

5/11/2026

2026-Ohio-1690

05/08/2026 Administrative Actions

Administrative actions.

5/8/2026

2026-Ohio-1670

05/08/2026 Case Announcements

Miscellaneous dismissals.

5/8/2026

2026-Ohio-1671

05/06/2026 Case Announcements

Motion and procedural rulings.

5/6/2026

2026-Ohio-1637

05/05/2026 Case Announcements

Motion and procedural rulings—Miscellaneous dismissals.

5/5/2026

2026-Ohio-1621

05/04/2026 Case Announcements

Motion and procedural rulings.

5/4/2026

2026-Ohio-1596

State ex rel. Hill v. LaRose

2026-0531

Elections—Mandamus, declaratory judgment, and injunction—Writ sought to compel secretary of state to accept replacement candidate for lieutenant governor—R.C. 3513.311(C) does not permit replacement of candidate for lieutenant governor within 70 days of primary election unless former candidate died—Court lacks original jurisdiction over claims seeking declaratory judgment or prohibitory injunction—Complaint dismissed.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1601

5/4/2026

2026-Ohio-1601

05/04/2026 Case Announcements #2

Merit decisions with opinions.

5/4/2026

2026-Ohio-1613

05/03/2026 Case Announcements

Merit decisions with opinions.

5/3/2026

2026-Ohio-1600

State ex rel. Shannon v. Ogg

2026-0433

Elections—Mandamus—Writ sought to compel clerk of city council to determine that petitions for recall election do not meet city charter’s signature requirements and to certify the particulars in which the petitions are defective to the person who filed them—City-charter provision requires that a recall petition must include a number of signatures equal to at least 15 percent of electors who voted at last regular municipal election at which mayor’s office was on ballot, not simply 15 percent of the electors who cast a vote for mayor—Writ granted.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1599

5/3/2026

2026-Ohio-1599

State ex rel. Leneghan v. Delaware Cty. Bd. of Elections

2026-0468

Mandamus—Writ sought to compel board of elections to declare that relator is a resident of Delaware County for election purposes, maintain relator’s name on poll books as a properly registered voter, maintain relator’s name as a candidate on the May 5, 2026 primary-election ballot, and retract and rescind any referrals to county prosecutor and secretary of state for investigation of voter fraud—Relator’s request for order compelling board to retract or rescind any referrals for investigation of voter fraud dismissed because it is a request for injunctive relief rather than a proper request for mandamus relief—Writ denied as to relator’s remaining mandamus claims because board did not abuse its discretion or act in clear disregard of applicable law—Writ dismissed in part and denied in part.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1598

5/3/2026

2026-Ohio-1598

05/01/2026 Case Announcements #2

Motion and procedural rulings.

5/1/2026

2026-Ohio-1597

05/01/2026 Case Announcements

Merit decisions with opinions—Miscellaneous dismissals.

5/1/2026

2026-Ohio-1577

In re P.M.S.

2023-1531

Criminal law—Juvenile delinquency—Sufficiency of the evidence—Rape—R.C. 2907.02(A)(2)—A rational trier of fact could have found beyond a reasonable doubt that juvenile offender used force, as defined by R.C. 2901.01(A)(1), to compel victim to submit to sexual conduct—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed.

Brunner, J.

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1543

5/1/2026

2026-Ohio-1543

State v. Morris

2023-1614

Criminal law—Constitutional law—Right to counsel—Right to counsel guaranteed under Article I, Section 10 of Ohio Constitution did not extend to defendant’s preindictment investigatory interview—Defendant’s right to counsel under Sixth Amendment to United States Constitution attached when he made his initial appearance and court informed him of the charges against him, appointed him counsel, and set bail—Defendant did not unambiguously and unequivocally invoke Sixth Amendment right to counsel during interview—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and cause remanded to trial court.

DeWine, J.

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1519

4/30/2026

2026-Ohio-1519

04/30/2026 Case Announcements #2

Motion and procedural rulings.

4/30/2026

2026-Ohio-1566

04/30/2026 Case Announcements

Merit decisions with opinions.

4/30/2026

2026-Ohio-1546

04/29/2026 Case Announcements

Merit decisions with opinions—Merit decisions without opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Appeals accepted for review.

4/29/2026

2026-Ohio-1522

04/29/2026 Case Announcements #2

Motion and procedural rulings.

4/29/2026

2026-Ohio-1534

State ex rel. AWMS Water Solutions, L.L.C. v. Mertz

2024-1433

Oil and gas—Regulatory takings—Court of appeals did not err in finding no total regulatory taking, because private company failed to prove that State’s suspension of operations of saltwater-injection wells deprived it of all economically beneficial use of its leasehold—Court of appeals did err in determining that State effected a compensable taking because proper balancing of Penn Cent. Transp. Co. v. New York City factors weighs against finding a partial regulatory taking—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed in part and reversed in part and writ denied.

DeWine, J.

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1487

4/29/2026

2026-Ohio-1487

In re Rev. of the Power-Purchase-Agreement Rider of Ohio Power Co. for 2018 and 2019

2024-1735

Public utilities—Public Utilities Commission did not commit reversible error in deciding to credit evidence showing that a must-run strategy for operating two coal plants was prudent when the decision to utilize that strategy was made—Commission did not violate procedural due process or Adm.Code 4901-1-28(E) in denying party’s motion for subpoena to compel commission staff member to appear and testify at commission’s hearing, because testimony presented by other witnesses covered the topic of concern and the party had an opportunity to cross-examine those witnesses—Commission did not err in failing to apply an appearance-of-impropriety standard when considering whether auditor was prevented from conducting an independent audit—Orders affirmed.

Fischer, J.

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1485

4/29/2026

2026-Ohio-1485

04/28/2026 Case Announcements #3

Motion and procedural rulings.

4/28/2026

2026-Ohio-1536

04/28/2026 Case Announcements #2

Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings.

4/28/2026

2026-Ohio-1521

04/28/2026 Case Announcements

Merit decisions without opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Appeals accepted for review—Appeals not accepted for review—Reconsideration of prior decisions.

4/28/2026

2026-Ohio-1471

In re L.E.S.

2024-0303

Domestic relations—Parentage—R.C. 3111.95(A), which provides an avenue for the consenting spouse of a woman who conceives a child through artificial insemination to be recognized as the natural parent of the child, does not apply to same-sex couples who were not married at time of insemination—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and cause remanded.

DeWine, J.

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1449

4/28/2026

2026-Ohio-1449

04/27/2026 Administrative Actions

Administrative actions.

4/27/2026

2026-Ohio-1489