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2007-0895 and 2007-0912. In re L.A.B., Slip Opinion No. 2009-Ohio-354.
Summit App. No. 23309, 2007-Ohio-1479. Certified question answered in the affirmative, judgment reversed, and cause remanded to the trial court.
Moyer, C.J., and Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O'Connor, and Lanzinger, JJ., concur.
O'Donnell and Cupp, JJ., dissent.
Opinion: http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2009/2009-Ohio-354.pdf 
Summary: Juvenile Probation Revocation Hearing Must Meet Juv.R. 29 Requirements for ‘Adjudicatory Hearing’
2007-1588. Thorton v. Montville Plastics & Rubber, Inc., Slip Opinion No. 2009-Ohio-360.
Geauga App. No. 2006-G-2744, 2007-Ohio-3475. Judgment affirmed.
Moyer, C.J., and Pfeifer, O'Connor, Lanzinger, and Cupp, JJ., concur.
Lundberg Stratton and O'Donnell, J., dissent.
Opinion: http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2009/2009-Ohio-360.pdf
Summary: 2006 Bill Changing Workers’ Comp Appeal Process Does Not Apply Retroactively to Claim Filed in 2005
2007-2193. State v. Bartrum, Slip Opinion No. 2009-Ohio-355.
Summit App. No. 23549, 2007-Ohio-5410. Judgment affirmed.
Moyer, C.J., and Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O'Connor, Lanzinger, and Cupp, JJ., concur.
O'Donnell, J., dissents.
Opinion: http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2009/2009-Ohio-355.pdf
Summary: Compelling Prostitution Charge Requires Proof That Defendant Paid or Agreed to Pay An Actual Minor
2008-0045. State v. Hatfield, Slip Opinion No. 2009-Ohio-353.
Ashtabula App. No. 2006-A-0033, 2007-Ohio-7130. The cause is dismissed, sua sponte, as having been improvidently accepted.
Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, Lanzinger, and Cupp, JJ., concur.
Moyer, C.J., and O'Connor and O'Donnell, JJ., dissent.
Opinion: http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2009/2009-Ohio-353.pdf
2008-1205. Cleveland Metro. Bar Assn. v. Podor, Slip Opinion No. 2009-Ohio-358.
On Certified Report by the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline, No. 07-029. Kenneth Charles Podor, Attorney Registration No. 0014067, is suspended from the practice of law in Ohio for one year, stayed on conditions.
Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O'Donnell, Lanzinger, and Cupp, JJ., concur.
Moyer, C.J., and O'Connor, J., dissent.
Opinion: http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2009/2009-Ohio-358.pdf
2008-1270. Akron Bar Assn. v. Maher, Slip Opinion No. 2009-Ohio-356.
On Certified Report by the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline, No. 07-035. Douglas B. Maher, Attorney Registration No. 0024038, is indefinitely suspended from the practice of law in Ohio.
Moyer, C.J., and Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O'Connor, O'Donnell, Lanzinger, and Cupp, JJ., concur.
Opinion: http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2009/2009-Ohio-356.pdf
Summary: Barberton Attorney Indefinitely Suspended from Practice
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