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May 16, 2012

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May 15, 2012

Bar Admissions Ceremony
Bar Admissions CeremonyOhio Supreme Court Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton gave the keynote speech to the 193 new lawyers who successfully passed the February 2012 bar examination and were sworn in at the bar admissions ceremony that took place Monday at The Ohio Theatre in Columbus.
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May 14, 2012

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May 11, 2012

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May 10, 2012

Law and Leadership Institute
to Graduate First Class in June 2012

What began as a summer pilot program through the Ohio Supreme Court for 40 students in 2008 has now evolved into a year-round program serving nearly 400 high school students throughout Akron, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus, Toledo and Dayton. In June, the first 19 graduates of the Law and Leadership Institute (LLI), LLC will receive their diplomas.
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May 9, 2012

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May 8, 2012

Grandson Visits Site Where
Grandfather Died in Blast

William Free Stephenson was one of 10 casualties in the April 14, 1932 explosion at the Ohio State Office Building, now the Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center.Michael Ridge wanted to see the exact place where his grandfather, William Free Stephenson, died. Stephenson was 47 years-old when he was employed by the state of Ohio to work as a carpenter in the early 1930s during the construction of what was then called the Ohio State Office Building, now the Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center.
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May 7, 2012

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May 16, 2012

Supreme Court Affirms Local Ruling Voiding Election Result in 2011 Stark County Tax Levy
The Supreme Court of Ohio today affirmed a decision of the Stark County Court of Common Pleas  that set aside the results of a 2011 election in which Lake Township voters approved a property tax levy to fund ...
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May 14, 2012

The court granted relators’ application for dismissal in State ex rel. Niehaus v. Husted.

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May 11, 2012

The court orders that the motion to remand is granted in part, and the cause is remanded to the Board of Tax Appeals to take further action as appropriate in Lakeside Place, Inc. v. Cuyahoga Cty. Bd. of Revision.

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May 10, 2012

Court Denies Newspaper's Request for Names, Identifying Information of Police Officers Wounded in Gang Shootout
In a 7-0 decision announced today, the Supreme Court of Ohio denied a writ sought by the Cincinnati Enquirer newspaper to compel Cincinnati Police Chief James Craig to provide the paper with information from the personnel ...
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May 9, 2012

The court announced 12 merit decisions without opinions, issued 20 motion and procedural rulings, accepted 9 appeals for review, dismissed 71 appeals, and denied 6 motions for reconsideration of prior decisions.

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May 8, 2012

Penalty for Out-of-State Sex Offender's Failure to Register in Ohio Based on 'Substantially Equivalent' Ohio Offense
The Supreme Court of Ohio today explained the analysis that a court must undertake in determining (1) whether an out-of-state conviction is a sexually oriented offense that triggers a duty to register in Ohio and (2) the ...
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