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04/23/2026 Case Announcements

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

4/23/2026

2026-Ohio-1446

04/23/2026 Case Announcements #2

Motion and procedural rulings.

4/23/2026

2026-Ohio-1460

State v. Hill

2024-0352

Criminal law—R.C. 2953.21 provides the exclusive mechanism by which a person may bring a collateral challenge to the validity of a conviction or sentence in a criminal case—A capital defendant may not collaterally challenge a prior judgment denying his petition for postconviction relief by filing a motion under Civ.R. 60(B)—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and cause remanded.

Kennedy, C.J.

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1427

4/23/2026

2026-Ohio-1427

State ex rel. Howard v. Chief Inspector's Office

2024-1542

Mandamus—Public-records requests—R.C. 149.43—A public office has a clear legal duty to produce public records only when it has fair notice that it has received a public-records request; the requester has the burden to show that he clearly submitted a public-records request—Whether a request is a public-records request may depend on the context in which the request was made—Request for records made in an inmate’s grievance appeal under Adm.Code 5120-9-31 was not clearly a public-records request—Public office permitted to argue for first time in litigation that inmate did not clearly make a public-records request—Writ and requests for statutory damages and court costs denied.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1428

4/23/2026

2026-Ohio-1428

State v. J.B.

2024-0951

Criminal law—R.C. 2953.32—Application for sealing of records of convictions—R.C. 2953.32 does not prohibit trial court from considering number and nature of an applicant’s convictions when balancing interests of government and applicant—State’s failure to object to application does not prohibit trial court from considering government’s interest in maintaining records pertaining to applicant’s conviction—Court of appeals improperly substituted its judgment for trial court’s when conducting abuse-of-discretion review of trial court’s judgment on application to seal record of conviction—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed in part.

Deters, J.

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1405

4/22/2026

2026-Ohio-1405

In re Complaint of Ohio Power Co v. Nationwide Energy Partners, L.L.C.

2024-0207

Public utilities—R.C. 4905.02(A)—R.C. 4905.03(C)—Company providing electric submetering services to apartment complexes meets statutory definition of “electric light company” and is therefore a “public utility” under R.C. 4905.02(A) that is subject to jurisdiction of Public Utilities Commission under R.C. 4905.03(A)—Orders reversed and cause remanded.

DeWine, J.

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1406

4/22/2026

2026-Ohio-1406

04/22/2026 Case Announcements

Merit decisions with opinions—Mediation matters.

4/22/2026

2026-Ohio-1439

04/21/2026 Case Announcements

Merit decisions with opinions.

4/21/2026

2026-Ohio-1426

State ex rel. Wright v. Madison Cty. Mun. Court

2025-1393

Mandamus—Petition failed to state valid mandamus claim—Appellant possessed adequate remedy in ordinary course of law to challenge conviction he seeks to vacate—Court of appeals’ dismissal affirmed.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1389

4/21/2026

2026-Ohio-1389

04/20/2026 Case Announcements

Motion and procedural rulings—Mediation matters.

4/20/2026

2026-Ohio-1421

In re Resigantion of Greulich

2026-0355

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

4/17/2026

2026-Ohio-1388

04/17/2026 Case Announcements

Motion and procedural rulings—Disciplinary cases.

4/17/2026

2026-Ohio-1391

04/17/2026 Case Announcements #2

Mediation matters.

4/17/2026

2026-Ohio-1392

04/17/2026 Case Announcements #3

Motion and procedural rulings.

4/17/2026

2026-Ohio-1400

04/15/2026 Case Announcements

Motion and procedural rulings.

4/15/2026

2026-Ohio-1359

04/15/2026 Case Announcements #2

Motion and procedural rulings.

4/15/2026

2026-Ohio-1370

04/15/2026 Case Announcements #3

Motion and procedural rulings.

4/15/2026

2026-Ohio-1376

04/14/2026 Case Announcements

Merit decisions without opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Appeals accepted for review—Appeals not accepted for review—Reconsideration of prior decisions.

4/14/2026

2026-Ohio-1308

04/14/2026 Case Announcements #2

Disciplinary cases.

4/14/2026

2026-Ohio-1347

04/14/2026 Case Announcements #3

Motion and procedural rulings.

4/14/2026

2026-Ohio-1360

04/13/2026 Case Announcements

Official versions released—Miscellaneous dismissals.

4/13/2026

2026-Ohio-1311

04/10/2026 Case Announcements

Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings.

4/10/2026

2026-Ohio-1299

State ex rel. Bates v. Copley

2025-1267

Mandamus—Inmate failed to strictly comply with R.C. 2969.25(A) by failing to list the name of each party to each civil action he had identified in his affidavit of prior civil actions—Court of appeals’ dismissal affirmed.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1270

4/10/2026

2026-Ohio-1270

Disciplinary Counsel v. VanBibber

2025-1640

Attorneys—Misconduct—Violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct, including knowingly failing to respond to a demand for information by a disciplinary authority during an investigation—Two-year suspension.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1271

4/10/2026

2026-Ohio-1271

State ex rel. Hicks v. Adams Cty. Bd. of Elections

2025-1359

Elections—Mandamus—Writ sought to order board of elections to hold a hearing under R.C. 3503.24(B) on elector’s challenge to prosecutor’s voter registration—Claim not barred by claim preclusion, because (1) new challenge and denial by the board constitute a separate transaction from the initial challenge underlying an earlier mandamus action, (2) absence of a required quasi-judicial hearing distinguishes this case from authorities supporting claim preclusion, and (3) fairness and justice preclude rigid application of res judicata when the underlying dispute has never been adjudicated on the merits—Claim not barred by issue preclusion, because no tribunal has actually litigated or determined the factual question of residency—Board abused its discretion and acted in clear disregard of R.C. 3503.24(B) by denying elector’s challenge without a hearing when the board’s records were insufficient to resolve the challenge—R.C. 3503.24(A) confers standing on any qualified Ohio elector to challenge another elector’s voter registration—Writ granted ordering board to hold hearing on challenge within ten days.

Lucci

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1274

4/10/2026

2026-Ohio-1274

State v. Seymour

2024-1658

Criminal law—Even if either R.C. 2903.04(A) (involuntary manslaughter) or R.C. 2925.02(A)(3) (corrupting another with drugs) requires but-for causation, the State need only prove that the death or serious physical harm would not have occurred absent the defendant’s conduct; the State need not prove that the defendant’s conduct alone would have caused death or serious physical harm, and the existence of other necessary causes does not negate but-for causation—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and trial court’s judgment reinstated.

Hawkins, J.

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1249

4/9/2026

2026-Ohio-1249

Jones v. Galloway

2025-1095

Habeas corpus—Court of appeals correctly concluded that inmate’s petition failed to comply with R.C. 2969.25 and failed to state a cognizable habeas claim—Dismissal affirmed.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1250

4/9/2026

2026-Ohio-1250

State ex rel. Wright v. Clerk of Mun. Court

2025-1235

Mandamus—Court of appeals correctly granted clerk’s motion to dismiss for appellant’s failure to state a claim cognizable in mandamus—Dismissal affirmed.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1251

4/9/2026

2026-Ohio-1251

04/09/2026 Case Announcements

Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Appeals not accepted for review.

4/9/2026

2026-Ohio-1272

04/09/2026 Administrative Actions

Administrative actions.

4/9/2026

2026-Ohio-1273

04/09/2026 Case Announcements #2

Motion and procedural rulings.

4/9/2026

2026-Ohio-1295

04/08/2026 Case Announcements

Merit decisions with opinions—Merit decisions without opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Appeals accepted for review—Appeals not accepted for review.

4/8/2026

2026-Ohio-1248

04/08/2026 Case Announcements #2

Mediation matters.

4/8/2026

2026-Ohio-1256

Hoskins v. Cleveland

2023-1344

Political subdivisions—Immunity from suit—R.C. Ch. 2744—No evidence of a physical defect with respect to lifeguard chair or pool area was presented—A decision to use one chair rather than another does not amount to a physical defect on pool grounds under R.C. 2744.02(B)(4)—Exception to political-subdivision immunity in R.C. 2744.02(B)(4) does not apply—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed.

Deters, J.

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1225

4/8/2026

2026-Ohio-1225

Columbus Bar Assn. v. Armengau

2019-0500

Attorneys—Misconduct—Violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct—Respondent’s objections to findings of misconduct made by Board of Professional Conduct, board’s alleged failure to consider certain mitigating evidence, and its recommended sanction overruled—Permanent disbarment.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1230

4/8/2026

2026-Ohio-1230

McIntyre v. May

2025-0974

Habeas corpus—By listing in his affidavit of prior civil actions case filed more than five years earlier, inmate invited court of appeals’ error, if any, in considering whether affidavit failed to comply with R.C. 2969.25(A)(1) and (2)—Court of appeals’ dismissal of petition for noncompliance with affidavit requirement of R.C. 2969.25(A) affirmed.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1231

4/8/2026

2026-Ohio-1231

State v. Fips

2023-1001

Criminal law—Fourth Amendment to United States Constitution—Inquiring into a driver’s-license status is reasonable under Fourth Amendment even though the reasonable suspicion that initially justified a traffic stop has been dispelled—Officer was entitled to finish carrying out traffic stop’s mission by ensuring that vehicle was being operated by a properly licensed driver—When an officer discovers facts during a traffic stop that give rise to a reasonable suspicion of additional criminal activity, the officer may extend stop to investigate—Providing a Social Security number after failing to display a driver’s license does not dispel suspicion that the driver is unlicensed—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and cause remanded.

Deters, J.

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1207

4/7/2026

2026-Ohio-1207

State ex rel. Quinn v. Rastatter

2025-0965

Mandamus—Writ sought to compel rulings on motions pending before trial court—Request for writ granted to extent relator asks that trial-court judge be ordered to rule on motion for leave to file motion for new trial—Request for writ denied to extent relator asks that trial-court judge be ordered to rule on contemporaneously filed motion for new trial, because the two motions must be ruled on sequentially—Because trial-court judge denied the petition for postconviction relief after relator filed this mandamus action, that part of writ request is denied as moot—Writ granted in part and denied in part.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1208

4/7/2026

2026-Ohio-1208

State ex rel. Stokes v. Combs

2025-0973

Mandamus—R.C. 2969.25(A)(2)—To avoid dismissal for failure to comply with R.C. 2969.25(A)(2), an inmate must identify and describe all federal and state civil actions and appeals of civil actions that the inmate filed in the previous five years—Appellant’s affidavit of prior civil actions did not provide the case numbers for three appeals that he stated were filed within the previous five years—State ex rel. Harris v. Trelka followed—Court of appeals’ dismissal of action affirmed.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1209

4/7/2026

2026-Ohio-1209

04/07/2026 Case Announcements

Merit decisions with opinions.

4/7/2026

2026-Ohio-1247

04/03/2026 Case Announcements

Merit decisions with opinions.

4/3/2026

2026-Ohio-1206

State v. Reed

2024-0522

Criminal law—Crim. R. 8(A) and 14—Crim.R. 8(A) permits offenses of same or similar character to be joined in a single indictment—Crim.R. 14 requires severance if a defendant is prejudiced by joinder—Severance is not required if evidence is simple and direct—In applying simple-and-direct test, the inquiry is on whether the evidence of each offense is separate and direct, whether the evidence is uncomplicated, and whether jury is likely to be confused—Trial court did not abuse its discretion in determining that joinder was not prejudicial, because the evidence was simple and direct—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and trial court’s judgment and sentence reinstated.

DeWine, J.

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1174

4/3/2026

2026-Ohio-1174

State ex rel. Columbus City Schools, Columbus Bd. of Edn.

2025-0922

Workers’ compensation—Mandamus—Temporary-total-disability (“TTD”) compensation—R.C. 4123.56(F)—Industrial Commission failed to fully consider and apply R.C. 4123.56(F) in awarding TTD compensation during summer recess to nine-month school-district employee who had elected to receive her salary prorated over 12 months—State ex rel. Crim v. Bur. of Workers’ Comp. distinguished—Court of appeals’ denial of writ reversed and limited writ issued directing Industrial Commission to vacate its order and to determine employee’s eligibility for TTD compensation during summer recess under R.C. 4123.56(F).

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1175

4/3/2026

2026-Ohio-1175

State ex rel. Sandy v. Spatny

2025-0960

Mandamus—Inmate failed to present clear and convincing evidence demonstrating that he has a clear legal right to receive drug-addiction treatment of his choice or that warden has a clear legal duty to make it available to him—Writ denied.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1176

4/3/2026

2026-Ohio-1176

Disciplinary Counsel v. Rudduck

2025-0203

Judges—Alleged misconduct—Alleged violations of Code of Judicial Conduct based on judge’s personal Facebook activity—Jud.Cond.R. 4.1(A)(3) violates First Amendment to United States Constitution because it is a content-based restriction on political speech and does not satisfy strict scrutiny—Complaint dismissed.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1126

4/2/2026

2026-Ohio-1126

State ex rel. Rosnick v. Geauga Cty. Sheriff's Office

2025-0683

Mandamus—Public-records requests—Relator failed to establish by clear and convincing evidence that county sheriff’s office possesses records responsive to her public-records request that it has failed to produce—R.C. 149.43 does not prohibit a public office from asserting for the first time in litigation that it does not possess records responsive to a public-records request—Writ and relator’s requests for statutory damages, attorney fees, and court costs denied.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1127

4/2/2026

2026-Ohio-1127

Faith Ranch & Farms Fund, Inc. v. PNC Bank, Natl. Assn.

2023-1475

Contracts—Mineral rights—Oil and gas—Unambiguous reservation clause, taken as a whole, makes clear that grantor did not intend reservation to include oil and gas—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed.

Shanahan, J.

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1145

4/2/2026

2026-Ohio-1145

04/02/2026 Case Announcements

Merit decisions with opinions.

4/2/2026

2026-Ohio-1184

04/01/2026 Case Announcements

Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings.

4/1/2026

2026-Ohio-1157

04/01/2026 Administrative Actions

Administrative actions.

4/1/2026

2026-Ohio-1162