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08/08/2025 Case Announcements  Miscellaneous dismissals.   8/8/2025 8/8/2025 2025-Ohio-2788
08/07/2025 Case Announcements  Motion and procedural rulings.   8/7/2025 8/7/2025 2025-Ohio-2763
08/07/2025 Case Announcements #2  Motion and procedural rulings.   8/7/2025 8/7/2025 2025-Ohio-2785
08/06/2025 Case Announcements  Motion and procedural rulings.   8/6/2025 8/6/2025 2025-Ohio-2754
08/05/2025 Case Announcements #2  Mediation matters.   8/5/2025 8/5/2025 2025-Ohio-2742
08/05/2025 Case Announcements  Merit decisions without opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Appeals accepted for review—Appeals not accepted for review—Reconsideration of prior decisions.   8/5/2025 8/5/2025 2025-Ohio-2749
08/04/2025 Administrative Actions  Administrative actions.   8/4/2025 8/4/2025 2025-Ohio-2709
08/04/2025 Case Announcements  Official versions released—Affidavits of disqualification—Motion and procedural rulings.   8/4/2025 8/4/2025 2025-Ohio-2718
08/04/2025 Case Announcements #2  Motion and procedural rulings.   8/4/2025 8/4/2025 2025-Ohio-2723
08/04/2025 Case Announcements #3  Motion and procedural rulings.   8/4/2025 8/4/2025 2025-Ohio-2743
08/01/2025 Case Announcements  Miscellaneous dismissals.   8/1/2025 8/1/2025 2025-Ohio-2696
08/01/2025 Case Announcements #2  Motion and procedural rulings.   8/1/2025 8/1/2025 2025-Ohio-2714
In re Disqualification of Stormer 25-AP-101Judges—Affidavits of disqualification—R.C. 2101.39 and 2701.03—Affiant failed to demonstrate that any matter is pending before judge in underlying case—Affidavit dismissed.Kennedy, C.J.  7/31/2025 8/4/2025 2025-Ohio-2717
07/30/2025 Case Announcements  Motion and procedural rulings—Miscellaneous dismissals.   7/30/2025 7/30/2025 2025-Ohio-2659
07/29/2025 Case Announcements  Motion and procedural rulings.   7/29/2025 7/29/2025 2025-Ohio-2658
07/28/2025 Case Announcements  Motion and procedural rulings.   7/28/2025 7/28/2025 2025-Ohio-2642
07/24/2025 Case Announcements  Motion and procedural rulings.   7/24/2025 7/24/2025 2025-Ohio-2589
07/23/2025 Case Announcements  Merit decisions without opinions—Motion and procedural rulings.   7/23/2025 7/23/2025 2025-Ohio-2550
07/23/2025 Case Announcements #2  Motion and procedural rulings—Miscellaneous dismissals.   7/23/2025 7/23/2025 2025-Ohio-2580
State ex rel. Elmore v. Franklin Cty. Bd. of Elections 2025-0369Prohibition—Elections—City-charter provision requiring that city-council candidates have resided in their respective wards “for at least two years next preceding their election” refers to the two years immediately preceding election at issue and applies to both ward and at-large candidates—County board of elections’ denial of relator’s protest against candidacy was unauthorized by law—Writ granted.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-2585 7/23/2025 7/23/2025 2025-Ohio-2585
07/23/2025 Case Announcements #3  Merit decisions with opinions.   7/23/2025 7/23/2025 2025-Ohio-2588
07/22/2025 Case Announcements  Merit decisions without opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Appeals accepted for review—Appeals not accepted for review—Reconsideration of prior decisions.   7/22/2025 7/22/2025 2025-Ohio-2537
State ex rel. Owens v. Gifford 2024-1712Mandamus—Public-records requests—Relator submitted four exhibits on the same day as his complaint, though he apparently attached the exhibits to an affidavit, not to the complaint—Court of appeals’ judgment granting respondent’s motion to dismiss for relator’s alleged failure to attach the exhibits reversed and cause remanded.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-2544 7/22/2025 7/22/2025 2025-Ohio-2544
07/22/2025 Case Announcements #2  Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Miscellaneous dismissals—Mediation matters.   7/22/2025 7/22/2025 2025-Ohio-2571
In re Greulich 2025-0933On certified entry of felony conviction.   7/21/2025 7/21/2025 2025-Ohio-2548
07/21/2025 Case Announcements  Official versions released—Motion and procedural rulings—Disciplinary cases.   7/21/2025 7/21/2025 2025-Ohio-2549
07/18/2025 Administrative Actions  Administrative actions.   7/18/2025 7/18/2025 2025-Ohio-2532
07/18/2025 Administrative Actions #2  Administrative actions.   7/18/2025 7/18/2025 2025-Ohio-2536
07/18/2025 Case Announcements  Merit decisions without opinions.   7/18/2025 7/18/2025 2025-Ohio-2543
State ex rel. Ames v. Big Walnut School Dist. Bd. of Edn. 2024-1563Public-records requests—R.C. 149.43—Relator failed to prove that the records he requested exist or that respondent violated the Public Records Act provision under which he claims he is entitled to statutory damages—Writ and relator’s requests for damages, court costs, and attorney fees denied.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-2493 7/17/2025 7/17/2025 2025-Ohio-2493
07/17/2025 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Miscellaneous dismissals.   7/17/2025 7/17/2025 2025-Ohio-2510
State ex rel. Maumee v. Lucas Cty. Bd. of Elections 2025-0514Elections—Prohibition and Mandamus—Board of elections found petitions seeking to recall mayor and six members of city council valid and certified recall questions for a special primary election—Writ of prohibition sought to prevent board from placing recall questions on ballot, and writ of mandamus sought to order board to grant protests against recall petitions—Board erred in deeming R.C. 705.92 applicable to city—Writ of prohibition granted, and writ of mandamus denied as moot.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-2516 7/17/2025 7/17/2025 2025-Ohio-2516
07/17/2025 Case Announcements #2  Merit decisions with opinions.   7/17/2025 7/17/2025 2025-Ohio-2530
State ex rel. Clark v. Dept. of Rehab. & Corr. 2024-0919Mandamus—Public-records requests—Inmate failed to show violation of Public Records Act when the requested records were not in respondent’s possession—Inmate failed to show violation of Public Records Act when he was directed to submit his records request to the person from whom he could obtain the record—Writ and request for statutory damages denied.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-2475 7/16/2025 7/16/2025 2025-Ohio-2475
07/16/2025 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings.   7/16/2025 7/16/2025 2025-Ohio-2502
07/16/2025 Case Announcements #2  Motion and procedural rulings.   7/16/2025 7/16/2025 2025-Ohio-2509
State ex rel. Clark v. Dept. of Rehab. & Corr. 2024-1746Mandamus—Public Records Act—R.C. 149.43—Inmate entitled to writ for request seeking copies of electronic kites he sent to prison staff while incarcerated at an institution where he was previously housed because prison staff at institution where he is currently housed informed him that they would forward his request to the appropriate person at the other institution for response and that institution has not responded to the request—Inmate not entitled to writ for request seeking copies of chow-hall menu from institution where he is currently housed, because institution staffer who received request properly directed inmate to the appropriate person from whom to obtain the menu—Writ granted in part and denied in part—Statutory damages awarded as to the request for kites, and court costs denied.Per CuriamSlip Opinion 2025-Ohio-2473 7/15/2025 7/15/2025 2025-Ohio-2473
07/15/2025 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Mediation matters.   7/15/2025 7/15/2025 2025-Ohio-2485
07/15/2025 Case Announcements #2  Motion and procedural rulings.   7/15/2025 7/15/2025 2025-Ohio-2503
07/14/2025 Case Announcements  Motion and procedural rulings.   7/14/2025 7/14/2025 2025-Ohio-2474
07/11/2025 Administrative Actions  Administrative actions.   7/11/2025 7/11/2025 2025-Ohio-2461
Ashmus v. Coughlin 2024-0264Real property—R.C. 5302.30—The disclosure form required under R.C. 5302.30 requires a seller to describe a “non-observable” condition that would interfere with an ordinary buyer’s use of the property—A publicly recorded sewer line is not a material defect required to be listed on the disclosure form—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and trial court’s judgment reinstated.DeWine, J.Slip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-2412 7/10/2025 7/10/2025 2025-Ohio-2412
In re Chinn 2025-0894On certified entry of felony conviction.   7/10/2025 7/10/2025 2025-Ohio-2436
07/10/2025 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions—Disciplinary cases.   7/10/2025 7/10/2025 2025-Ohio-2442
Disciplinary Counsel v. Hunter 2024-1720Attorneys—Misconduct—Violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct—Two-year suspension with six months conditionally stayed.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-2406 7/9/2025 7/9/2025 2025-Ohio-2406
07/09/2025 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions—Merit decisions without opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Appeals accepted for review—Appeals not accepted for review—Reconsideration of prior decisions.   7/9/2025 7/9/2025 2025-Ohio-2416
07/09/2025 Case Announcements #2  Motion and procedural rulings—Disciplinary cases.   7/9/2025 7/9/2025 2025-Ohio-2431
State ex rel. Howard v. Plank 2024-1355Mandamus—Public-records requests—R.C. 149.43—Relator failed to show by clear and convincing evidence that respondents failed to timely produce public records in response to his requests—Writ and relator’s request for statutory damages denied.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-2325 7/8/2025 7/8/2025 2025-Ohio-2325
07/08/2025 Case Announcements  Merit decisions without opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Appeals accepted for review—Appeals not accepted for review—Reconsideration of prior decisions.   7/8/2025 7/8/2025 2025-Ohio-2348
07/08/2025 Case Announcements #2  Merit decisions with opinions—Mediation matters.   7/8/2025 7/8/2025 2025-Ohio-2405
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