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Case Caption | Case No. | Topics and Issues | Author | Citation / County | Decided | Posted | WebCite |
04/17/2024 Case Announcements
| | Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Disciplinary cases—Mediation matters. | | |
4/17/2024
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4/17/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1437 |
Disciplinary Counsel v. Alexander
| 2023-0977 | On application for reinstatement. | | |
4/17/2024
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4/17/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1438 |
Ludlow v. Ohio Dept. of Health
| 2022-1391 | Public Records Act—R.C. 149.43(A)(1)(v) does not require public offices to release records when release is “prohibited by state or federal law,” and this exception applies to records that contain protected health information, R.C. 3701.17(B)—A decedent’s name and address, when combined with information regarding his or her cause of death, falls within definition of “protected health information,” R.C. 3701.17(A)(2), because the combined information reveals decedent’s identity and past physical-health status—Records that contain a decedent’s name and address, when combined with information regarding his or her cause of death, are exempt from disclosure under Public Records Act—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed. | Fischer, J. | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-1399 |
4/17/2024
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4/17/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1399 |
State ex rel. S.Y.C. v. Floyd
| 2023-1028 | Procedendo—Mandamus—Writs sought to compel rulings on motions pending before trial court—Court of appeals’ judgment dismissing petition affirmed because petition is moot. | Per Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-1387 |
4/16/2024
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4/16/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1387 |
04/16/2024 Case Announcements
| | Merit decisions without opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Appeals accepted for review—Appeals not accepted for review—Reconsideration of prior decisions. | | |
4/16/2024
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4/16/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1386 |
04/16/2024 Case Announcements #2
| | Merit decisions with opinions—Disciplinary cases. | | |
4/16/2024
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4/16/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1421 |
Disciplinary Counsel v. Daniell
| 2024-0408 | On certification of default. | | |
4/16/2024
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4/16/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1422 |
04/15/2024 Case Announcements
| | Official versions released. | | |
4/15/2024
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4/15/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1396 |
04/15/2024 Administrative Actions
| | Administrative actions. | | |
4/15/2024
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4/15/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1397 |
04/15/2024 Case Announcements #2
| | Motion and procedural rulings. | | |
4/15/2024
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4/15/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1423 |
Disciplinary Counsel v. Fannin
| 2023-1400 | On certification of default. | | |
4/12/2024
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4/12/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1380 |
04/12/2024 Case Announcements
| | Motion and procedural rulings. | | |
4/12/2024
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4/12/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1381 |
04/12/2024 Case Announcements #2
| | Merit decisions without opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Disciplinary cases. | | |
4/12/2024
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4/12/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1384 |
04/12/2024 Case Announcements #3
| | Motion and procedural rulings. | | |
4/12/2024
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4/12/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1398 |
04/11/2024 Case Announcements
| | Motion and procedural rulings. | | |
4/11/2024
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4/11/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1355 |
04/11/2024 Case Announcements #2
| | Motion and procedural rulings. | | |
4/11/2024
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4/11/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1356 |
04/10/2024 Case Announcements #2
| | Motion and procedural rulings. | | |
4/10/2024
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4/10/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1351 |
04/10/2024 Case Announcements
| | Merit decisions with opinions—Merit decisions without opinions—Motion and procedural rulings. | | |
4/10/2024
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4/10/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1307 |
Makuch v. Makuch
| 2023-1212 | S.Ct.Prac.R. 403.(A)—Appeal not accepted for review—Memorandum in support of jurisdiction filed on behalf of appellant deemed frivolous—Imposition of sanctions unnecessary because appellant’s counsel has previously been declared to be vexatious litigators and appellee was not represented by counsel and did not file documents in this matter. | Per Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-1305 |
4/10/2024
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4/10/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1305 |
04/09/2024 Case Announcements
| | Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings. | | |
4/9/2024
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4/9/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1329 |
State ex rel. Mobley v. Noble
| 2023-0412 | Mandamus—Procedendo—Relator sought extraordinary writ to compel trial-court judge to issue judgment of conviction that constitutes a final, appealable order—Adequate remedy in ordinary course of law—Court of appeals’ judgment dismissing complaint affirmed—Motion to declare relator a vexatious litigator denied. | Per Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-1291 |
4/9/2024
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4/9/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1291 |
In re Disqualification of Ruehlman
| 23-AP-191 | Judges—Affidavits of disqualification—R.C. 2701.03—Affidavit dismissed as to judge’s presiding over Ward v. Ross—Affidavit granted as to judge’s presiding over Jackson v. Ward to avoid appearance of impropriety. | Kennedy, C.J. | |
4/8/2024
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4/8/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1306 |
In re Disqualification of Bruns
| 24-AP-006 | Judges—Affidavits of disqualification—R.C. 2701.03—Affiant had standing as a “party to the proceeding” under R.C. 2701.03(A) to seek judge’s disqualification from presiding over juvenile-court delinquency proceeding in which affiant’s child was the alleged delinquent child—Affiant failed to show that judge is interested in underlying case or “otherwise is disqualified” under R.C. 2701.03(A)—Disqualification denied. | Kennedy, C.J. | |
4/8/2024
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4/8/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1308 |
04/08/2024 Case Announcements
| | Affidavits of disqualification—Miscellaneous dismissals. | | |
4/8/2024
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4/8/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1309 |
04/05/2024 Case Announcements
| | Motion and procedural rulings. | | |
4/5/2024
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4/5/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1287 |
04/04/2024 Case Announcements
| | Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Miscellaneous dismissals. | | |
4/4/2024
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4/4/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1263 |
State v. Carter
| 2023-0156 | Criminal law?Sixth Amendment?Right to face-to-face confrontation?Harmless error?Trial court erred in allowing witness to testify by video at trial without making sufficient case-specific findings of necessity, in violation of defendant’s right to face-to-face confrontation under Confrontation Clause of Sixth Amendment to United States Constitution?In light of other evidence presented against defendant at trial, confrontation error was harmless?Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed. | DeWine, J. | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-1247 |
4/4/2024
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4/4/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1247 |
McDermott v. Ohio State Univ.
| 2023-0202 | Court of appeals’ judgment reversed on the authority of Smith v. Ohio State Univ. and cause remanded. | | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-1227 |
4/3/2024
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4/3/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1227 |
04/03/2024 Case Announcements
| | Merit decisions with opinions. | | |
4/3/2024
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4/3/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1252 |
04/02/2024 Administrative Actions
| | Administrative actions. | | |
4/2/2024
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4/2/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1246 |
04/02/2024 Case Announcements
| | Merit decisions without opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Appeals accepted for review—Appeals not accepted for review—Reconsideration of prior decisions. | | |
4/2/2024
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4/2/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1228 |
04/01/2024 Case Announcements
| | Official versions released—Motion and procedural rulings. | | |
4/1/2024
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4/1/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1216 |
04/01/2024 Case Announcements #2
| | Disciplinary cases. | | |
4/1/2024
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4/1/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1229 |
03/28/2024 Case Announcements
| | Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Disciplinary cases—Miscellaneous dismissals. | | |
3/28/2024
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3/28/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1156 |
State ex rel. Taylor v. Montgomery Cty. Court of Common Pleas
| 2023-0788 | Prohibition—Petition for writ of prohibition failed because appellant had adequate remedy in ordinary course of law and failed to show that trial court had patently and unambiguously lacked jurisdiction over his criminal case—Court of appeals’ judgment dismissing petition affirmed. | Per Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-1127 |
3/28/2024
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3/28/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1127 |
State ex rel. Townsend v. Gaul
| 2023-0862 | Mandamus—Inmate failed to comply with requirements of R.C. 2969.25(C)—Court of appeals’ dismissal of complaint affirmed. | Per Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-1128 |
3/28/2024
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3/28/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1128 |
Disciplinary Counsel v. Taylor
| 2023-0743 | Attorneys—Misconduct—Violation of Prof.Cond.R. 8.4(c) for failing to provide truthful answers to questions on license application—Conditionally stayed six-month suspension. | Per Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-1082 |
3/27/2024
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3/27/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1082 |
State v. Jones
| 2022-1049 | Criminal law—Sentencing—R.C. 2953.08(G)—R.C. 2929.14(C)(4)—The trial court made the findings necessary to impose consecutive sentences under R.C. 2929.14(C)(4), and those findings were not clearly and convincingly unsupported by the record, R.C. 2953.08(G)(2)—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed. | Brunner, J. | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-1083 |
3/27/2024
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3/27/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1083 |
03/27/2024 Case Announcements
| | Merit decisions with opinions—Merit decisions without opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Appeals accepted for review—Appeals not accepted for review. | | |
3/27/2024
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3/27/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1087 |
03/27/2024 Case Announcements #2
| | Motion and procedural rulings. | | |
3/27/2024
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3/27/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1151 |
State ex rel. Ware v. Galonski
| 2023-0268 | Mandamus—Public Records Act—Statutory damages—On remand, court of appeals correctly held that requester was not entitled to statutory damages—Requester failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence that he delivered public-records requests by certified mail—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed. | Per Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-1064 |
3/26/2024
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3/26/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1064 |
Estate of Tomlinson v. Mega Pool Warehouse, Inc.
| 2023-0230 | Civil law—Civ.R. 38—Civil-jury-trial demands—Trial court’s local rule did not require each party seeking a jury trial to pay a jury deposit—Under Civ.R. 38(D), a party may not unilaterally withdraw a jury demand—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and cause remanded to trial court. | Per Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-1065 |
3/26/2024
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3/26/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1065 |
03/26/2024 Case Announcements
| | Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Miscellaneous dismissals. | | |
3/26/2024
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3/26/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1125 |
03/26/2024 Case Announcements #2
| | Motion and procedural rulings. | | |
3/26/2024
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3/26/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1131 |
03/22/2024 Case Announcements
| | Motion and procedural rulings. | | |
3/22/2024
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3/22/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1040 |
03/22/2024 Case Announcements #2
| | Motion and procedural rulings. | | |
3/22/2024
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3/22/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1066 |
03/21/2024 Case Announcements
| | Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings. | | |
3/21/2024
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3/21/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1037 |
03/21/2024 Case Announcements #2
| | Motion and procedural rulings. | | |
3/21/2024
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3/21/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1038 |
State ex rel. Ware v. Ohio Dept. of Rehab. & Corr.
| 2023-0090 | Mandamus—R.C. 149.43—Public-records requests—Statutory damages—Writ granted in part and denied in part—Relator awarded $2,000 in statutory damages. | Per Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-1015 |
3/21/2024
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3/21/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1015 |
State v. Fork
| 2023-0356 | Criminal law—Definition of “motor vehicle” in R.C. 4501.01(B) is used for penal laws and applies to offense of aggravated vehicular assault under R.C. 2903.08(A)(1)(a)—R.C. 4501.01(VV)’s qualifying language regarding principal purpose of a vehicle does not look to how vehicle was used at time of charged conduct but vehicle’s principal purpose—The record was insufficient to support appellee’s convictions for aggravated vehicular assault because vehicle being operated at time of charged conduct was a “utility vehicle”—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed. | Kennedy, C.J. | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-1016 |
3/21/2024
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3/21/2024
| 2024-Ohio-1016 |
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