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April 24, 2025
In State v. Reichelderfer, the Court denied appellant Amanda Reichelderfer’s request for a stay of sentence pending her appeal.
In State v. Philpotts, the Court granted the request of appellant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office to stay the decision of the Eighth District Court of Appeals.
In In re Resignation of Mangan and In re Resignation of Stenson, the Court found Patrick Mangan of Columbus and David Stenson of Dayton in contempt for failure to surrender their certificates of admission and failure to file affidavits of compliance.
April 23, 2025
In State ex rel. Anthony v. Crawford Cty. Mun. Court, the Court denied relator Scott Anthony’s motion for emergency relief.
April 21, 2025
In State v. Reichelderfer, the Court ordered the appellee Holmes County Prosecutor’s Office to file a response, if it chooses, by 4 p.m., Wednesday, April 23, to appellant Amanda Reichelderfer’s request for a stay of sentence pending her appeal.
In Havel v. Kent Bd. of Zoning Appeals, the Court found amicus curiae Pacific Legal Foundation's jurisdictional memorandum exceeded the 15- page limit and struck pages 16-24 of the memorandum.
April 17, 2025
In State ex rel. Mack v. Ohio State Hwy. Patrol Cent. Records, the Court denied a request for a writ of mandamus.
State ex rel. Mack v. Ohio State Hwy. Patrol Cent. Records
Hayes v. Baldwin
April 16, 2025
Crozier v. Pipe Creek Conservancy, L.L.C.
State ex rel. Tentman v. Sundermann
The Court dismissed Crozier v. Pipe Creek Conservancy as having been improvidently accepted and let a lower court ruling stand.
In Disciplinary Counsel v. Dusing, the Court suspended Benjamin Dusing of Fort Wright, Kentucky, from the practice of law in Ohio for three years. He will not be reinstated in Ohio until he is reinstated to the practice of law in Kentucky.
April 15, 2025
The Court accepted Hipshire v. Oakwood Village for review.
The Court dismissed Wildcat Drilling, L.L.C. v. Discovery Oil & Gas, L.L.C.
State ex rel. Schwarzmer v. Mazzone
April 14, 2025
In State ex rel. Anthony v. Crawford Cty. Mun. Court, the Court ordered the respondents to file a response, if they choose to, by Thursday, April 17 at 5 p.m. to relator Scott Anthony’s motion for emergency relief.
The Court published official versions of nine opinions, which were previously released as slip opinions.
The Court declined to review State v. Bissell.
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- Ohio Supreme Court brings live court experience to Monroe County students and residents: WTOV
- Local high school students get civics lesson from the Supreme Court: WTRF
- Do parental rights hinge on whether a same-sex couple was married? Ohio Supreme Court to decide: Cleveland.com
- Judge orders competency, insanity exams for man in failed restaurant shooting: Toledo Blade
- Jury finds Norfolk Southern responsible for $600M payout: The Vindicator
- Licking County man sentenced to more than 24 years for child sex abuse crimes: WBNS
- Man pleads guilty, gets prison for shooting contractor in face in Miami Twp: Dayton Daily News
- Ravenna man admits raping 17-year-old girl, awaits sentencing: Ravenna Record-Courier
- Former Faith Life leader Tom Keesee appears in Knox County court on sexual abuse charges: Columbus Dispatch
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- Youngstown to hire law firm for $57 million 20 Fed project: The Vindicator
- Ohio Supreme Court hears arguments in same-sex parental rights case: Capital Journal
- Ohio Supreme Court to decide if same-sex partners have parental rights before 2015 Obergefell case: Ohio Statehouse News Bureau
- US Supreme Court declines Ohio AG Yost's request to take up qualified immunity amendment case: Columbus Dispatch