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Retired Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton and Project Director of Stepping up Ohio delivered updates to members during the group's steering committee meeting.
Students from the Jefferson County Vocational Center recently toured the Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center. Registration for summer tours is open now.
New magistrates learned about their new roles on the bench during orientation hosted by the Judicial College.
Students from Lima High School toured the Visitor Education Center to learn about Careers in Law.
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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.
April 11, 2025
In State v. Knight, the Court ordered the clerk of the Court of Appeals for Mahoning County to transmit the case record within 10 days or demonstrate why he should not be held in contempt of court.
April 10, 2025
State ex rel. Johnston v. N. Olmstead City School Dist. Bd. of Edn.
In State ex rel. Johnston v. N. Olmsted City School Dist. Bd. of Edn., the Court rejected a teacher’s request for five years of backpay, finding she could have pursued the issue through her union contract.
April 9, 2025
In State ex rel. Mauk v. Sheldon, the Court ordered the Richland County sheriff to produce records for the Court to review.
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Ohio Courts in the News
- Same-sex parenting rights under scrutiny in Ohio Supreme Court case set for oral argument this month: Ohio Capital Journal
- Lorain man hit a trooper with his car after smoking hemp. Ohio Supreme Court to rule if that's an OVI: Cleveland.com
- Ohio Supreme Court rejects appeal bid of convicted murderer: Tribune Chronicle
- Northern Kentucky attorney Ben Dusing suspended for 3 years in Ohio: Cincinnati Enquirer
- Program gives those formerly incarcerated a job, a chance: WCMH
- Ohio judge blocks 'feral swine bill' that criminalized owning, killing all pigs: Cincinnati Enquirer
- 'Variety of sideshows' hijacked 2022 Pike County trial, Wagner appeal lawyer says: Chillicothe Gazette
- New prosecutor outlines changes made in first days: The Vindicator
- Ohio man sentenced for role in 'absolutely horrific' death of baby who starved to death: Canton Repository
- Man gets 39 years to life in October East Side homicide: The Vindicator
- Man who shot 2 people, 1 fatally, at trucking company last year sentenced to prison: WTOL
- Dayton woman gets prison sentence for $1.5 million theft from Medicaid: Dayton Daily News
- Ohio Judicial Misconduct Cases Up in 2024 as Complaints Rise: Bloomberg Law
- New Ohio law eliminates some debt-related driver's license suspensions: Dayton Daily News
- West Chester social worker sexually abused boys. Now he'll spend decades in prison: Cincinnati Enquirer