Opinion Search

Opinion Search Filter Settings
Use standard search logic for the Opinion Text Search (full-text search). To search the entire web site click here.

Opinion Text Search:

Source:

Year Decided From:

Year Decided To:

Year Decided Range Warning:

The selected 'Year Decided To:' is less than the selected 'Year Decided From:'.  Please select a 'To:' year newer than or equal to the 'From:' year.

County:

Case Number:

Author:

Topics and Issues:

WebCite No:

-Ohio-

Citation:

WebCite and Citation are unique document searches. If a value is entered in the WebCite or Citation field, all other search filters are ignored. If values are entered in both the WebCite and Citation fields, only the WebCite search filter is applied.

Hide Topics and Issues column This search returned 229 rows. Rows per page:

05/01/2026 Case Announcements

Merit decisions with opinions—Miscellaneous dismissals.

5/1/2026

2026-Ohio-1577

In re P.M.S.

2023-1531

Criminal law—Juvenile delinquency—Sufficiency of the evidence—Rape—R.C. 2907.02(A)(2)—A rational trier of fact could have found beyond a reasonable doubt that juvenile offender used force, as defined by R.C. 2901.01(A)(1), to compel victim to submit to sexual conduct—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed.

Brunner, J.

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1543

5/1/2026

2026-Ohio-1543

State v. Morris

2023-1614

Criminal law—Constitutional law—Right to counsel—Right to counsel guaranteed under Article I, Section 10 of Ohio Constitution did not extend to defendant’s preindictment investigatory interview—Defendant’s right to counsel under Sixth Amendment to United States Constitution attached when he made his initial appearance and court informed him of the charges against him, appointed him counsel, and set bail—Defendant did not unambiguously and unequivocally invoke Sixth Amendment right to counsel during interview—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and cause remanded to trial court.

DeWine, J.

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1519

4/30/2026

2026-Ohio-1519

04/30/2026 Case Announcements

Merit decisions with opinions.

4/30/2026

2026-Ohio-1546

04/30/2026 Case Announcements #2

Motion and procedural rulings.

4/30/2026

2026-Ohio-1566

04/29/2026 Case Announcements

Merit decisions with opinions—Merit decisions without opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Appeals accepted for review.

4/29/2026

2026-Ohio-1522

04/29/2026 Case Announcements #2

Motion and procedural rulings.

4/29/2026

2026-Ohio-1534

In re Rev. of the Power-Purchase-Agreement Rider of Ohio Power Co. for 2018 and 2019

2024-1735

Public utilities—Public Utilities Commission did not commit reversible error in deciding to credit evidence showing that a must-run strategy for operating two coal plants was prudent when the decision to utilize that strategy was made—Commission did not violate procedural due process or Adm.Code 4901-1-28(E) in denying party’s motion for subpoena to compel commission staff member to appear and testify at commission’s hearing, because testimony presented by other witnesses covered the topic of concern and the party had an opportunity to cross-examine those witnesses—Commission did not err in failing to apply an appearance-of-impropriety standard when considering whether auditor was prevented from conducting an independent audit—Orders affirmed.

Fischer, J.

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1485

4/29/2026

2026-Ohio-1485

State ex rel. AWMS Water Solutions, L.L.C. v. Mertz

2024-1433

Oil and gas—Regulatory takings—Court of appeals did not err in finding no total regulatory taking, because private company failed to prove that State’s suspension of operations of saltwater-injection wells deprived it of all economically beneficial use of its leasehold—Court of appeals did err in determining that State effected a compensable taking because proper balancing of Penn Cent. Transp. Co. v. New York City factors weighs against finding a partial regulatory taking—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed in part and reversed in part and writ denied.

DeWine, J.

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1487

4/29/2026

2026-Ohio-1487

In re L.E.S.

2024-0303

Domestic relations—Parentage—R.C. 3111.95(A), which provides an avenue for the consenting spouse of a woman who conceives a child through artificial insemination to be recognized as the natural parent of the child, does not apply to same-sex couples who were not married at time of insemination—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and cause remanded.

DeWine, J.

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1449

4/28/2026

2026-Ohio-1449

04/28/2026 Case Announcements

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

4/28/2026

2026-Ohio-1471

04/28/2026 Case Announcements #2

Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings.

4/28/2026

2026-Ohio-1521

04/28/2026 Case Announcements #3

Motion and procedural rulings.

4/28/2026

2026-Ohio-1536

04/27/2026 Administrative Actions

Administrative actions.

4/27/2026

2026-Ohio-1489

04/27/2026 Case Announcements

Official versions released—Miscellaneous dismissals.

4/27/2026

2026-Ohio-1498

04/24/2026 Case Announcements

Merit decisions with opinions—Miscellaneous dismissals.

4/24/2026

2026-Ohio-1470

NC Ents., L.L.C. v. Norfolk & W. Ry. Co.

2024-0776

Real property—Adverse possession—An open-and-notorious use of parcels of land must be obvious and apparent enough to hold a title owner accountable for knowing that an adverse possessor is using the parcels—Appellee failed to establish that its possession of appellant’s parcels was open and notorious for the required 21-year period—Appellee’s lawn maintenance on appellant’s parcels was not sufficiently open and notorious to have put appellant on notice that appellee was adversely possessing and using the parcels—Court of appeals’ judgment affirming trial court’s judgment granting summary judgment in favor of appellee reversed and cause remanded to trial court.

Hawkins, J.

Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1429

4/24/2026

2026-Ohio-1429

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

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

04/22/2026 Case Announcements

Merit decisions with opinions—Mediation matters.

4/22/2026

2026-Ohio-1439

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

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

04/21/2026 Case Announcements

Merit decisions with opinions.

4/21/2026

2026-Ohio-1426

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