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17 Mar 2020, 6:05 am
The Ohio Supreme Court today suspended a former part-time Sylvania city prosecutor for six months for lying to a judge and his boss about his reasons for reducing a man’s drunken driving charge to a lesser offense. [read post]
12 Mar 2020, 6:04 am
A prevailing party in a civil lawsuit is not entitled to collect from the losing party the costs of acquiring the transcript of a deposition that it uses in support of a motion for summary judgment, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled today. [read post]
11 Mar 2020, 6:02 am
A Pickaway County township cannot deny a gravel mining permit on grounds that the use does not conform with the general rules set out for uncommon land uses in the area. [read post]
11 Mar 2020, 6:02 am
The Ohio Supreme Court today suspended a former Delaware County municipal court judge, who is now a practicing attorney, for two years after he was convicted of attempting to collect court-appointed counsel fees while also being paid privately by a criminal defendant’s parents. [read post]
10 Mar 2020, 6:01 am
When a portion of a criminal defendant’s sentence is vacated, the trial court has the authority to resentence the defendant again as long as the defendant is credited for the time served under the original flawed sentence, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled today. [read post]
5 Mar 2020, 6:02 am
The Ohio Supreme Court today allowed a 2019 law school graduate who filed dozens of civil proceedings — including some in which she engaged in the unauthorized practice of law — and with husband accumulated nearly $900,000 in student loan debt to take the July 2020 bar exam. [read post]
5 Mar 2020, 6:01 am
When law enforcement is authorized to wiretap a cell phone, the call is intercepted both at the place where the phone is being used and the location where officers are listening, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled today. [read post]
3 Mar 2020, 10:30 am
Conflicting interpretations of a single sentence in a 1998 Ohio Supreme Court ruling have brought employer groups and personal-injury victim advocates back to the state’s highest court to determine if a person harmed by an employee must first pursue civil or criminal charges against the employee before being allowed to sue the employer for negligent hiring and supervision. [read post]
27 Feb 2020, 6:03 am
The Ohio Supreme Court today ordered a new trial for a Hamilton County man sentenced to death for the murder of his 2-year-old daughter because his lawyer failed to question or remove a racially biased member of the jury. [read post]
26 Feb 2020, 6:09 am
A parent may lose the right to object to the adoption of a child by failing, without justifiable cause, to make child-support payments “as required by law or judicial decree,” the Ohio Supreme Court ruled today. [read post]
25 Feb 2020, 6:05 am
The Ohio Supreme Court today suspended an Olmsted Falls attorney who repeatedly violated a protection order, lied to police about violating the order, and tested positive for cocaine use, which violated the terms of his probation. [read post]
25 Feb 2020, 6:04 am
Prosecutors can appeal a judge’s decision granting a new trial to a Lucas County man on charges of voluntary manslaughter and seek to have the jury’s guilty verdict reinstated. [read post]
20 Feb 2020, 6:04 am
A Franklin County trial court appropriately ruled a police officer was acting in good faith when he searched a high school drama teacher’s home and found secret recordings of girls undressing in the school locker room, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled today. [read post]
19 Feb 2020, 6:17 am
When a parent or caretaker is charged with a crime for injuring a child, the accused adult may prove their actions were a form of “reasonable parental discipline” as an affirmative defense to avoid a conviction , the Ohio Supreme Court ruled today. [read post]
18 Feb 2020, 10:34 am
The Ohio Supreme Court will hear an appeal next week about a state law that bans carrying or using a firearm while intoxicated. [read post]
12 Feb 2020, 6:01 am
The Ohio Supreme Court today publicly reprimanded a Logan County attorney who said she went to the local jail to visit a woman accused of murder who she did not know to advise her of her rights, but intended to have the woman allow her to be part of her defense team. [read post]
12 Feb 2020, 6:01 am
A Medina County court correctly dismissed the lawsuit of a restaurant server who claimed she was fired after confronting the restaurant owner for allegedly underreporting her earnings to the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation and paying less than what was due to the state, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled today. [read post]
11 Feb 2020, 6:15 am
The Ohio tax commissioner correctly charged a public-utility excise tax on $2 million of the $699 million of income earned by a pipeline operator for transporting natural gas solely within the state, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled today. [read post]
6 Feb 2020, 6:06 am
A Mahoning County attorney who also served as the Campbell police chief received a six-month, fully stayed suspension from the Ohio Supreme Court today based on his criminal conviction for illegally accessing a law-enforcement database and other professional misconduct. [read post]
6 Feb 2020, 6:05 am
Although the county auditor originally determined that the fair market value of an apartment complex in the New Albany area of the Columbus city school district was $16 million for tax year 2015, the Ohio Board of Tax Appeals (BTA) properly increased the valuation to $34.5 million based on a sale of the property in 2015, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled today. [read post]
