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State ex rel. Brown v. Columbiana Cty. Jail 2023-1218Mandamus—Public-records requests—Statutory damages—Relator has not shown by clear and convincing evidence that he successfully transmitted his requests by either hand delivery or certified mail or that he authorized another person to act as his agent to submit his requests by email—Relator’s request for statutory damages denied—Relator’s motion for contempt and sanctions denied because he has not shown that respondents disobeyed or resisted this court’s limited writ.Dewine, J.Slip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-5280 11/26/2025 11/26/2025 2025-Ohio-5280
Eggleston v. Wood 2024-1791Civil procedure—Time for filing objections to magistrate’s decision—Civ.R. 53(D)(3)(b)(i)—Civ.R. 6(D)—Civ.R. 6(D) does not extend time party has to object to a magistrate’s decision that the clerk serves by United States mail or a commercial-carrier service—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-5292 11/26/2025 11/26/2025 2025-Ohio-5292
State ex rel. Barker v. Muskingum Cty. Prosecutor's Office 2024-1670Mandamus—Public-records requests—Prosecutor’s office never received public-records request that relator attempted to submit using office’s online request form—Writ and relator’s requests for statutory damages, attorney’s fees, and court costs denied, and claim for injunctive relief under R.C. 149.351 dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-5293 11/26/2025 11/26/2025 2025-Ohio-5293
11/26/2025 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings.   11/26/2025 11/26/2025 2025-Ohio-5316
11/26/2025 Case Announcements #2  Reconsideration of prior decisions.   11/26/2025 11/26/2025 2025-Ohio-5319
11/25/2025 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.   11/25/2025 11/25/2025 2025-Ohio-5220
State ex rel. GateHouse Media Ohio Holdings II, Inc. v. Columbus Police Dept. 2023-1327Mandamus—Public-records requests—Public Records Act specifically exempts from disclosure crime-victim information that is prohibited from release under R.C. 2930.07—Police officers are persons against whom crimes can be committed and can therefore be victims under Article I, Section 10a of Ohio Constitution and R.C. 2930.07—Redaction of identifying information in bodycam and dashcam footage was proper—Writ denied.DeWine, J.Slip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-5243 11/25/2025 11/25/2025 2025-Ohio-5243
State ex rel. Ware v. O'Malley 2024-0514Public-records requests—Relator has not shown that custodian of public records he requested failed to comply with an obligation to produce public records under R.C. 149.43(B)—Relator’s request for statutory damages denied.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-5244 11/25/2025 11/25/2025 2025-Ohio-5244
State ex rel. Siebold v. Columbus City Schools Bd. of Edn. 2024-1263Mandamus—Schools—Public school district’s board of education has been providing under R.C. 3327.02(E)(2) the interim transportation to nonpublic school that student’s parent seeks to compel—Voluntary-cessation exception to mootness doctrine inapplicable because parent seeks an order compelling school board to perform an act that the law requires rather than an order stopping board from engaging in certain conduct—Cause dismissed as moot.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-5245 11/25/2025 11/25/2025 2025-Ohio-5245
11/25/2025 Case Announcements #2  Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Miscellaneous dismissals.   11/25/2025 11/25/2025 2025-Ohio-5295
11/24/2025 Case Announcements  Official versions released.   11/24/2025 11/24/2025 2025-Ohio-5263
11/24/2025 Case Announcements #2  Motion and procedural rulings.   11/24/2025 11/24/2025 2025-Ohio-5294
Disciplinary Counsel v. Grendell 2024-1409Judges—Misconduct—Violations of the Code of Judicial Conduct—No discipline imposed for violation of Jud.Cond.R. 3.2 because that rule’s broad restriction on testimony and consultation with government officials is a content-based speech restriction in violation of First Amendment to United States Constitution—18-month suspension, with 12 months conditionally stayed, and immediate suspension from judicial office without pay for duration of disciplinary suspension.DeWine, J.Slip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-5239 11/21/2025 11/21/2025 2025-Ohio-5239
11/21/2025 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions—Merit decisions without opinions.   11/21/2025 11/21/2025 2025-Ohio-5242
11/20/2025 Case Announcements  Miscellaneous dismissals.   11/20/2025 11/20/2025 2025-Ohio-5219
11/19/2025 Case Announcements  Motion and procedural rulings.   11/19/2025 11/19/2025 2025-Ohio-5200
11/18/2025 Case Announcements  Motion and procedural rulings—Miscellaneous dismissals.   11/18/2025 11/18/2025 2025-Ohio-5187
11/17/2025 Case Announcements  Motion and procedural rulings.   11/17/2025 11/17/2025 2025-Ohio-5169
11/17/2025 Case Announcements #2  Motion and procedural rulings.   11/17/2025 11/17/2025 2025-Ohio-5186
State v. Roberts 2024-0854Criminal law—Crim.R. 52(A)—Trial court’s errors were harmless beyond a reasonable doubt because even when the erroneously admitted evidence is excised, overwhelming evidence of defendant’s guilt remains—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and convictions reinstated.Kennedy, C.J.Slip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-5120 11/14/2025 11/14/2025 2025-Ohio-5120
In re Lewis 2025-0392On notice of removal of default child support order.   11/14/2025 11/14/2025 2025-Ohio-5154
11/14/2025 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Disciplinary cases.   11/14/2025 11/14/2025 2025-Ohio-5159
Disciplinary Counsel v. Norton 2024-1723Attorneys—Misconduct—Attorney violated Prof.Cond.R. 8.4(b) and (h) by possessing drugs and criminal tools, which he pleaded guilty to in common-pleas court, and possessing illegal child-abuse material on his cellphone—Two-year suspension with one year conditionally stayed.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-5091 11/13/2025 11/13/2025 2025-Ohio-5091
State ex rel. Boggs v. Cleveland 2023-1557Mandamus—Appropriation proceedings—Under Article I, Section 19 of Ohio Constitution, when private property is taken for a public use, the government must pay just compensation regardless of whether taking was appropriate—A landowner who alleges that his or her private property has been taken by a foreign municipality has standing to pursue a mandamus action to force the municipality to institute appropriation proceedings for purposes of compensating the landowner for property that has been taken—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and cause remanded.Dewine, J.Slip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-5094 11/13/2025 11/13/2025 2025-Ohio-5094
11/13/2025 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Mediation matters.   11/13/2025 11/13/2025 2025-Ohio-5130
11/13/2025 Case Announcements #2  Motion and procedural rulings.   11/13/2025 11/13/2025 2025-Ohio-5131
State v. Musarra 2024-0540 and 2024-0541Criminal law—Venue—Crim.R. 29—R.C. 2945.67(A)—A decision terminating a prosecution based on insufficient evidence of venue is a decision granting a motion to dismiss the indictment, complaint, or information that the State may appeal as of right under R.C. 2945.67(A)—State v. Hampton overruled—Trial court’s judgment of acquittal based on insufficient evidence of venue was, in substance, a dismissal of the indictment filed against appellee that the State has a right to appeal under R.C. 2945.67(A)—Court of appeals’ judgment dismissing the State’s appeal as of right reversed and cause remanded to court of appeals for consideration of the State’s appeal as of right—Court of appeals’ judgment dismissing the State’s discretionary appeal affirmed.Deters, J.Slip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-5058 11/12/2025 11/12/2025 2025-Ohio-5058
In re Application of Dempsey 2025-0402Attorneys—Character and fitness—Gov.Bar R. I(11)—Application for admission to practice of law in Ohio by transferred Uniform Bar Exam score—Gov.Bar R. I(13)(D)(3)—Abandonment of employment and clients, falsification of documents, general dishonesty, and lack of candor—Application disapproved but applicant permitted to reapply after July 1, 2026.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-5059 11/12/2025 11/12/2025 2025-Ohio-5059
11/12/2025 Case Announcements #2  Merit decisions without opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Appeals accepted for review—Appeals not accepted for review—Reconsideration of prior decisions.   11/12/2025 11/12/2025 2025-Ohio-5078
11/12/2025 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions—Merit decisions without opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Appeals accepted for review—Reconsideration of prior decisions.   11/12/2025 11/12/2025 2025-Ohio-5079
11/12/2025 Case Announcements #3  Motion and procedural rulings—Miscellaneous dismissals—Mediation matters.   11/12/2025 11/12/2025 2025-Ohio-5112
11/12/2025 Case Announcements #4  Merit decisions without opinions—Motion and procedural rulings.   11/12/2025 11/12/2025 2025-Ohio-5121
11/10/2025 Case Announcements  Official versions released—Motion and procedural rulings.   11/10/2025 11/10/2025 2025-Ohio-5083
11/07/2025 Administrative Actions  Administrative actions.   11/7/2025 11/7/2025 2025-Ohio-5056
U.S. Acute Care Solutions, L.L.C. v. Doctors Co. Risk Retention Group Ins. Co. 2024-0450Civil law—Insurance—Arbitration agreements—The presumption of arbitrability applies to a bad-faith insurance-handling claim when the arbitration agreement contains a broad clause and the underlying civil action could not be maintained without referring to the insurance policy or the relationship between the insurer and the insured—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed.Hawkins, J.Slip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-5010 11/6/2025 11/6/2025 2025-Ohio-5010
State ex rel. Norris v. Adult Parole Auth. 2025-0320Prohibition—Inmate previously challenged validity of sentencing entry issued in his criminal case—Court of appeals’ order granting summary judgment against inmate on res judicata grounds affirmed.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-5011 11/6/2025 11/6/2025 2025-Ohio-5011
11/06/2025 Administrative Actions  Administrative actions.   11/6/2025 11/6/2025 2025-Ohio-5027
11/06/2025 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Mediation matters.   11/6/2025 11/6/2025 2025-Ohio-5037
11/06/2025 Administrative Actions #2  Administrative actions.   11/6/2025 11/6/2025 2025-Ohio-5038
11/06/2025 Case Announcements #2  Motion and procedural rulings.   11/6/2025 11/6/2025 2025-Ohio-5057
Maurent v. Spatny 2024-1132Habeas corpus—A case is not moot when an actual controversy exists and it is possible for a court to grant the requested relief—Warden’s appeal of trial court’s grant of habeas corpus relief is not moot, because a judgment in favor of warden would result in inmate’s return to prison to serve remainder of his term—Court of appeals’ judgment dismissing case as moot reversed and cause remanded.DeWine, J.Slip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-5002 11/5/2025 11/5/2025 2025-Ohio-5002
State ex rel. Allah-U-Akbar v. Schroeder 2025-0217Prohibition—Mandamus—Inmate alleging defects in indictment and verdict form has or had an adequate remedy in ordinary course of law through appeal of his conviction and death sentence, and he failed to show that common-pleas-court judge patently and unambiguously lacks jurisdiction to conduct further proceedings in his criminal case—Court of appeals’ judgment granting common-pleas-court judge’s motion to dismiss inmate’s petition affirmed.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-5003 11/5/2025 11/5/2025 2025-Ohio-5003
11/05/2025 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Miscellaneous dismissals.   11/5/2025 11/5/2025 2025-Ohio-5025
11/05/2025 Case Announcements #2  Motion and procedural rulings.   11/5/2025 11/5/2025 2025-Ohio-5026
State ex rel. Howard v. Shuler 2024-0880Mandamus—Public-records requests—S.Ct.Prac.R 12.06(B) did not permit untimely filing of additional evidence that respondent inadvertently failed to file—Public office’s conclusory statements failed to prove that investigation report was subject to public-records exemption—Public office failed to submit evidence proving that security-video footage was subject to public-records exemption for infrastructure records—Records custodian improperly responded to public-records request by telling requestor to request record of grievance disposition from someone else—Inmate did not have cognizable claim in mandamus regarding information provided before mandamus complaint was filed—Inmate failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence that records custodian had received inmate’s remaining public-records requests, and thus, there was no duty for custodian to respond—Writ granted in part and denied in part, inmate awarded $1,000 in statutory damages, and inmate’s request for court costs denied.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-4964 11/4/2025 11/4/2025 2025-Ohio-4964
State ex rel. Clark v. Dept. of Rehab. & Corr. 2024-1653Mandamus—Public-records requests—Inmate failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence that public office failed to properly respond to public-records requests—Relator’s self-serving affidavit cannot be used to contradict relator’s own evidence indicating that public-records requests were fulfilled—Writ and relator’s request for statutory damages denied.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-4965 11/4/2025 11/4/2025 2025-Ohio-4965
11/04/2025 Administrative Actions  Administrative actions.   11/4/2025 11/4/2025 2025-Ohio-4996
In re Retirement of Huber 2025-1303Attorneys at law—Retirement—Gov.Bar R. VI(11)(C).   11/4/2025 11/4/2025 2025-Ohio-5007
In re Retirement of Hart 2025-1360Attorneys at law—Retirement—Gov.Bar R. VI(11)(C).   11/4/2025 11/4/2025 2025-Ohio-5008
11/04/2025 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Disciplinary cases.   11/4/2025 11/4/2025 2025-Ohio-5009
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