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Disciplinary Counsel v. Skelton

2025-1324

Judges—Misconduct—Violations of the Code of Judicial Conduct and the Rules of Professional Conduct, including ex parte communications, investigation of facts outside the record, abuse of prestige of judicial office by granting a motion for judicial release while disregarding the statutory requirements for such release, and refusal to self-report—One-year suspension with six months conditionally stayed.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1991

6/2/2026

2026-Ohio-1991

State ex rel. McIntyre v. McCarty

2025-0969

Mandamus—Prohibition—Trial court and trial judges did not patently and unambiguously lack jurisdiction to dispose of charges against an offender that were brought in the same case after the offender was sentenced and convicted of other charges—Offender’s two sets of charges concern separate events and the two sets of charges were essentially treated by the court of appeals as separate cases and did not interfere with the court of appeals’ ability to reverse, modify, or affirm his appeal of the first set of convictions—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1992

6/2/2026

2026-Ohio-1992

State v. Heffley

2024-1304

Criminal law—R.C. 2923.14—A trial court may grant an R.C. 2923.14 application for relief from a state firearms disability when the applicant’s Ohio conviction created both his state and federal firearms disabilities—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed and cause remanded to trial court.

DeWine, J.

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1990

6/2/2026

2026-Ohio-1990

06/02/2026 Case Announcements

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

6/2/2026

2026-Ohio-2046

06/01/2026 Case Announcements #2

Motion and procedural rulings.

6/1/2026

2026-Ohio-2032

06/01/2026 Administrative Actions

Administrative actions.

6/1/2026

2026-Ohio-2024

06/01/2026 Case Announcements

Motion and procedural rulings.

6/1/2026

2026-Ohio-2030

05/29/2026 Case Announcements #2

Motion and procedural rulings.

5/29/2026

2026-Ohio-1993

05/29/2026 Case Announcements #3

Motion and procedural rulings.

5/29/2026

2026-Ohio-2025

05/29/2026 Case Announcements

Merit decisions with opinions—Disciplinary cases.

5/29/2026

2026-Ohio-1989

State v. Bissell

2024-1770

Criminal law—Sufficiency of the evidence—Felonious assault—Felony murder—Failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer—Convictions for felony murder and failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer were supported by sufficient evidence—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and cause remanded.

Fischer, J.

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1965

5/29/2026

2026-Ohio-1965

In re Resignation of Buzzelli

2026-0471

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

5/29/2026

2026-Ohio-1987

State v. Fraley

2024-1038

Criminal law—Postconviction relief—R.C. 2953.21—Under R.C. 2953.21(A)(2)(a), a petition for postconviction relief under R.C. 2953.21(A)(1)(a)(i) must be filed no later than 365 days after date on which transcript of trial-court proceedings is filed in a defendant’s direct appeal, or if no appeal is taken, no later than 365 days after expiration of the time for filing the appeal—Trial court dismissed appellant’s postconviction petition as untimely when appellant filed petition within 365 days after date on which he filed transcript of trial-court proceedings in support of his App.R. 26(B) application to reopen his appeal—A reopened appeal under App.R. 26(B) is not a direct appeal, so filing a transcript of trial-court proceedings in support of an App.R. 26(B) application to reopen does not determine the deadline for filing a postconviction petition—Court of appeals’ judgment affirming trial court’s judgment dismissing appellant’s postconviction petition affirmed.

Deters, J.

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1964

5/29/2026

2026-Ohio-1964

Olentangy Local School Dist. Bd. of Edn. v. Delaware Cty. Bd. of Revision

2024-0814 and 2024-0815

Taxation—Valuation of real property for tax purposes—R.C. 2506.01(C) excludes a board of revision’s property-valuation decisions from the class of decisions appealable to a common pleas court under R.C. 2506.01(A) since property-valuation decisions are appealable to a higher administrative authority, Board of Tax Appeals, under R.C. 5717.01—Property-valuation decisions are appealable to a court of common pleas under R.C. 5717.05 only when the appellant owns the property at issue—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed.

Hawkins, J.

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1963

5/29/2026

2026-Ohio-1963

State ex rel. Javitch Block, L.L.C. v. Wollsheid

2025-0663

Prohibition—Mandamus—Procedendo—Jurisdictional-priority rule—Once a court properly reinstates a case, the court generally has jurisdiction to proceed in the case—Municipal-court judge did not patently and unambiguously lack jurisdiction to order clerk of courts to docket answer and counterclaims or to reinstate debt-collection action filed by relators before certifying it to court of common pleas—Jurisdictional-priority rule does not apply to impede municipal court’s jurisdiction—Writs denied.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1923

5/28/2026

2026-Ohio-1923

05/28/2026 Case Announcements #2

Disciplinary cases.

5/28/2026

2026-Ohio-1956

05/28/2026 Case Announcements #3

Motion and procedural rulings.

5/28/2026

2026-Ohio-1988

State ex rel. Haydocy v. Ohio Pub. Emps. Retirement Sys.

2025-0850

Mandamus—Former state employee failed to demonstrate either that he has a clear legal right to a writ compelling Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (“OPERS”) to process his request to transfer his OPERS-held funds to his deferred-compensation plan in absence of notarized consent form or that OPERS has a clear legal duty to provide that relief—Adm.Code 145-2-67(A) permits Public Employees Retirement Board to prescribe time and manner of rollover distributions—State ex rel. Davis v. Pub. Emps. Retirement Bd. (10th Dist.) distinguished—Court of appeals’ judgment granting OPERS’s motion to dismiss affirmed.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1928

5/28/2026

2026-Ohio-1928

05/28/2026 Case Announcements

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

5/28/2026

2026-Ohio-1955

05/28/2026 Administrative Actions

Administrative actions.

5/28/2026

2026-Ohio-1957

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

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

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

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

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

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

05/26/2026 Case Announcements #3

Motion and procedural rulings.

5/26/2026

2026-Ohio-1912

05/22/2026 Case Announcements #2

Motion and procedural rulings.

5/22/2026

2026-Ohio-1879

05/22/2026 Case Announcements

Motion and procedural rulings—Miscellaneous dismissals.

5/22/2026

2026-Ohio-1877

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 #2

Motion and procedural rulings—Appeals not accepted for review.

5/15/2026

2026-Ohio-1801

05/15/2026 Case Announcements

Motion and procedural rulings.

5/15/2026

2026-Ohio-1786

05/14/2026 Case Announcements

Motion and procedural rulings.

5/14/2026

2026-Ohio-1759

05/13/2026 Case Announcements #2

Motion and procedural rulings.

5/13/2026

2026-Ohio-1760

05/13/2026 Case Announcements

Disciplinary cases—Miscellaneous dismissals.

5/13/2026

2026-Ohio-1740

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

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