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Daily Case Announcements
& Opinions
August 2, 2024
At the request of appellant Larry Sours, the Court dismissed State ex rel. Sours v. MGQ, Inc.
August 1, 2024
In re Application of Ohio Power Co.
In In re Application of Ohio Power Co., the Court upheld a state utility regulator’s finding that AEP Ohio is not recovering through its distribution rates the costs it incurs to provide generation service.
July 31, 2024
In State ex rel. Tjaden v. Geauga Cty. Bd. of Elections, the Court granted relator Justin Tjaden’s request to set an expedited hearing schedule.
Jones v. Kent City School Dist. Bd. of Edn.
Wilson v. Wilson
In Jones v. Kent City School Dist. Bd. of Edn., the Court ruled a Kent city school teacher was wrongly terminated because the district did not follow the state law that requires a teacher to be observed teaching three times before being fired.
The Court declined to review State v. Nitso.
July 30, 2024
State ex rel. Mobley v. Bates
In State ex rel. Sours v. MGQ, Inc., the parties notified the Court that they had reached a settlement, and the case was returned from mediation to the regular docket.
July 29, 2024
In Dottore v. Boros, the Court denied appellant Mark Dottore’s motion for an emergency stay.
July 26, 2024
The Court held State ex rel. Young v. Blendon Twp. Police Dept. until it decides State ex rel. Gatehouse Media Ohio Holdings II, Inc. v. Columbus Police Dept., and stayed the case’s briefing schedule.
In State ex rel. Tjaden v. Geauga Cty. Bd. of Elections, the Court dismissed respondents Attorney General Dave Yost and Secretary of State Frank LaRose. This case remains pending as to respondents Geauga County and Ashtabula County Boards of Elections.
July 25, 2024
State ex rel. Ctr. for Media & Democracy v. Yost
Berkheimer v. REKM, L.L.C.
State v. Jones
Disciplinary Counsel v. Kaiser
Cleveland Metro. Bar Assn. v. Brown
In Berkheimer v. REKM, L.L.C., the Court ruled that a restaurant patron who ordered boneless chicken wings could have reasonably expected to find a piece of bone in his meal and guarded against swallowing it.
News from the Supreme Court of Ohio
- PUCO's Approval of Utility's Rates Not Shown to Permit Customers of Competing Electricity Generators to Subsidize Company's Own Generation Customers
- Teacher Reinstated After School Board Failed to Follow Educator Observation Law
- Community Changemaker Sits on State Supreme Court Bench
- Legacy Leads Judge to Ohio Supreme Court Bench
- Seats of Justice: A Look at Muskingum County
- Seats of Justice: A Look at Harrison County
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Ohio Courts in the News
- Ohio Justices Reject Rival Utility Co.'s Rate Plan Challenge: Law 360
- Moundbuilders settles Octagon Earthworks lawsuit; clears way for public access: Newark Advocate
- Centuries-old Native American earthworks in Ohio will open to public next year as lengthy legal battle is resolved: Cleveland.com
- Golf Course Atop Ancient Native American Earthworks to Be Removed: New York Times
- Ex-Butler County auditor's overturned conviction appealed to Ohio Supreme Court: Journal-News
- County municipal judge suspended as he faces criminal charges; some call for resignation: WHIO-TV
- Ohio judge rules against family of OU student who died in Sigma Pi hazing ritual in 2018: Columbus Dispatch
- Judge rules in favor of Ohio University after lawsuit filed by parents of Collin Wiant: WOSU
- Judge considers medical findings, victim impact relevant in HIV case: The Vindicator
- Judge orders arrest of closed Columbus water park owner: 10TV
- Much-attacked final Title IX rule goes into effect while still blocked in 26 states: Ohio Capital Journal
- Ohio Judge Must Add Overhead-Door Patent Owner To IP Suit: Law 360
- Ohio Supreme Court won't hear appeal of local man convicted of rape: WKBN
- 'I'll never be the same.' Man at center of viral boneless wing lawsuit speaks out: Cincinnati Enquirer
- Montgomery County judge, clerk of courts indicted; Dems call for them to step down: Dayton Daily News