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State ex rel. Obetz v. Stinziano

2023-0610

Mandamus—Prohibition—Taxation—R.C. 321.31—R.C. 321.33—County not entitled to withhold future real-estate settlement proceeds owed to a city and reallocate those proceeds to other taxing jurisdictions as a means of offsetting past overpayment of real-estate settlement proceeds to the city under a tax-increment-financing arrangement—Limited writ of mandamus granted—Writ of prohibition denied.

Donnelly, J.

Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5460

11/22/2024

2024-Ohio-5460

11/22/2024 Case Announcements

Merit decisions with opinions.

11/22/2024

2024-Ohio-5504

Hicks v. Union Twp. Clermont Cty. Bd. of Trustees

2023-0580

R.C. 143.43—Public-records requests—Township-constituent addresses—Mail-distribution lists for township newsletter document functions, procedures, and activities of the township—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and cause remanded.

Donnelly, J.

Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5449

11/21/2024

2024-Ohio-5449

State ex rel. Martin v. Shabazz

2024-0123

Quo warranto—Mandamus—Appellants failed to challenge court of appeals’ judgment dismissing their quo warranto claim on basis of laches and therefore waived that argument—Court of appeals’ determination that appellants could not establish entitlement to city-council offices or that appellees were unlawfully holding the positions affirmed—Court of appeals’ denial of request for writ of mandamus ordering continued payment of salaries and benefits as moot affirmed.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5450

11/21/2024

2024-Ohio-5450

11/21/2024 Case Announcements

Merit decisions with opinions—Miscellaneous dismissals.

11/21/2024

2024-Ohio-5470

11/20/2024 Case Announcements

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

11/20/2024

2024-Ohio-5461

Corder v. Ohio Edison Co.

2023-0216

Civil law—Easements—Public utilities—Dispute between utility company and landowners over whether easements permit utility company to use herbicides to control vegetation on the property subject to the easements—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and cause remanded to trial court for it to issue an entry awarding summary judgment to utility company.

Donnelly, J.

Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5432

11/20/2024

2024-Ohio-5432

Disciplinary Counsel v. Byron

2024-1102

Attorneys—Misconduct—Violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct—Conditionally stayed one-year suspension.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5433

11/20/2024

2024-Ohio-5433

In re Application for Correction of Birth Record of Adelaide

2022-0934

Court of appeals’ judgment left undisturbed in the absence of a majority to render a judgment.

Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5393

11/19/2024

2024-Ohio-5393

11/19/2024 Case Announcements

Merit decisions with opinions—Disciplinary cases.

11/19/2024

2024-Ohio-5446

Disciplinary Counsel v. Washington

1996-2787

On application for reinstatement.

11/19/2024

2024-Ohio-5442

Disciplinary Counsel v. Washington

1997-2646

On application for reinstatement.

11/19/2024

2024-Ohio-5443

Cleveland Metro. Bar Assn. v. Lemieux

2013-1246

On application for reinstatement.

11/19/2024

2024-Ohio-5444

11/15/2024 Administrative Actions

Administrative actions.

11/15/2024

2024-Ohio-5403

11/15/2024 Case Announcements

Motion and procedural rulings—Miscellaneous dismissals.

11/15/2024

2024-Ohio-5402

11/14/2024 Case Announcements #2

Motion and procedural rulings.

11/14/2024

2024-Ohio-5388

11/14/2024 Case Announcements

Motion and procedural rulings—Disciplinary cases.

11/14/2024

2024-Ohio-5385

11/13/2024 Case Announcements

Merit decisions without opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Reconsideration of prior decisions.

11/13/2024

2024-Ohio-5368

11/13/2024 Case Announcements #2

Mediation matters.

11/13/2024

2024-Ohio-5378

11/12/2024 Case Announcements

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

11/12/2024

2024-Ohio-5340

11/12/2024 Case Announcements #2

Official versions released.

11/12/2024

2024-Ohio-5350

11/08/2024 Case Announcements

Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings.

11/8/2024

2024-Ohio-5337

Barga v. St. Paris Village Council

2023-0637

Open Meetings Act, R.C. 121.22—R.C. 737.171—When a public employee has a statutory right to a public hearing, the plain terms of R.C. 121.22(G)(1) apply; the public body may not enter into executive session to discuss any of the statutorily enumerated employment actions when the public employee requests a public hearing, but, rather, the public body must consider the employment action in a public hearing—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and cause remanded to village council for public hearing.

DeWine, J.

Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5293

11/8/2024

2024-Ohio-5293

11/07/2024 Case Announcements #2

Miscellaneous orders.

11/7/2024

2024-Ohio-5339

Disciplinary Counsel v. Haven

2024-1108

Attorneys—Misconduct—Violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct—One-year suspension.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5278

11/7/2024

2024-Ohio-5278

11/07/2024 Case Announcements

Merit decisions with opinions.

11/7/2024

2024-Ohio-5316

State ex rel. Moody v. Dir., Ohio Bur. of Sentence Computation

2024-0795

Criminal law—Sentencing—Jail-time credit—R.C. 2967.191(A)—Inmate’s jail-time credit for pretrial confinement related to offenses for which he was convicted and sentenced in one county does not apply to reduce inmate’s sentence imposed in a different county for his conviction for a different offense—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5231

11/6/2024

2024-Ohio-5231

11/06/2024 Case Announcements

Merit decisions with opinions.

11/6/2024

2024-Ohio-5294

11/06/2024 Case Announcements #2

Motion and procedural rulings.

11/6/2024

2024-Ohio-5313

State ex rel. Ware v. O'Malley

2023-1084

Mandamus—Public Records Act—R.C. 149.43(B)(8)—Personnel file of assistant prosecuting attorney improperly withheld from inmate by prosecutor’s office under R.C. 149.43(B)(8) because personnel file did not concern a criminal investigation or prosecution—Limited writ granted, statutory damages denied, and court costs awarded.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5242

11/5/2024

2024-Ohio-5242

11/05/2024 Case Announcements

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

11/5/2024

2024-Ohio-5277

Disciplinary Counsel v. Hartley

2024-1098

Attorneys—Misconduct—Violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct, including committing illegal acts adversely reflecting on the lawyer’s honesty or trustworthiness— Indefinite suspension.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5232

11/5/2024

2024-Ohio-5232

11/04/2024 Administrative Actions

Administrative actions.

11/4/2024

2024-Ohio-5243

11/04/2024 Case Announcements

Miscellaneous orders.

11/4/2024

2024-Ohio-5241

11/01/2024 Administrative Actions

Administrative actions.

11/1/2024

2024-Ohio-5230

State v. Glover

2023-0654

Criminal law—Sentencing—R.C. 2929.14(C)(4)—Consecutive-sentence findings—R.C. 2953.08(G)(2)—Appellate review of consecutive sentences—Court of appeals’ judgment reducing appellee’s consecutive prison terms reversed and consecutive sentences imposed by trial court reinstated.

DeWine, J.

Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5195

11/1/2024

2024-Ohio-5195

Disciplinary Counsel v. Moore

2024-1106

Attorneys—Misconduct—Violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct—One-year suspension, fully stayed on conditions.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5198

11/1/2024

2024-Ohio-5198

11/01/2024 Case Announcements

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

11/1/2024

2024-Ohio-5229

Toledo Bar Assn. v. Westmeyer

2024-0489

Attorneys—Misconduct—Multiple violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct—Conditionally stayed 18-month suspension.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5196

11/1/2024

2024-Ohio-5196

Disciplinary Counsel v. McClain

2024-0848

Attorneys—Misconduct—Criminal conduct—Conduct that adversely reflects on the lawyer’s fitness to practice law—Two-year suspension with credit for time served under an interim felony suspension.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5197

11/1/2024

2024-Ohio-5197

10/31/2024 Case Announcements

Merit decisions with opinions—Disciplinary cases.

10/31/2024

2024-Ohio-5206

State v. Sims

2024-0228

Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and cause remanded for application of State v. Mays.

Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5175

10/31/2024

2024-Ohio-5175

10/31/2024 Administrative Actions

Administrative actions.

10/31/2024

2024-Ohio-5207

Disciplinary Counsel v. Gernert

2024-0173

On notice of violation and motion to lift stay.

10/31/2024

2024-Ohio-5205

State ex rel. Johnson v. Higgins

2023-1332

Quo warranto—Relator cannot establish that he is entitled to position of fire chief or that respondent is unlawfully holding the position, because relator was not the candidate who received the highest civil-service-examination grade for the position and his name did not appear on an eligible-candidate list for promotion—Writ denied.

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5174

10/31/2024

2024-Ohio-5174

State v. Thomas

2024-0832

Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and cause remanded for application of State v. Mays.

Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5177

10/31/2024

2024-Ohio-5177

State v. Shockey

2024-0298

Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and cause remanded for application of State v. Mays.

Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5176

10/31/2024

2024-Ohio-5176

10/30/2024 Case Announcements #2

Motion and procedural rulings—Disciplinary cases—Miscellaneous dismissals—Mediation matters.

10/30/2024

2024-Ohio-5187

10/30/2024 Case Announcements

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

10/30/2024

2024-Ohio-5173

State ex rel. Dudley v. Yost

2024-0161

Mandamus—Elections—Writ sought to direct attorney general to certify summary of proposed constitutional amendment—Limited writ granted ordering attorney general to examine summary of relators’ proposed amendment under R.C. 3519.01(A).

Per Curiam

Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5166

10/30/2024

2024-Ohio-5166

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