Supreme Court of Ohio Decisions 2019
Date: December 24, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-5285
Docket Number: 2017-0770
Date: December 24, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-5286
Docket Number: 2018-1764
Date: December 24, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-5287
Docket Number: 2019-0800
Date: December 24, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-5288
Docket Number: 2019-0804
Date: December 20, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-5267
Docket Number: 2019-1612
Date: December 20, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-5268
Docket Number: 2019-1630
Date: December 19, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-5206
Docket Number: 2018-1176
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals and reinstated the trial court's judgment denying Defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea, holding that Defendant did not suffer a manifest injustice…
Date: December 19, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-5218
Docket Number: 2019-0808
Date: December 19, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-5219
Docket Number: 2019-1074
Date: December 18, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-5196
Docket Number: 2018-0792
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the judgment of the court of appeals reversing the judgment of the trial court granting summary judgment in favor of WBNS-TV, Inc. and dismissing Plaintiffs' defamation claim, holding that the…
Date: December 18, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-5194
Docket Number: 2018-1435
Date: December 18, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-5191
Docket Number: 2018-1579
Date: December 17, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-5156
Docket Number: 2017-1135
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals refusing to consider for the first time on appeal the State's argument that Defendant lacked Fourth Amendment standing to contest the admission of seized…
Date: December 17, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-5157
Docket Number: 2018-0140
Date: December 17, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-5159
Docket Number: 2018-0601
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court accepted the State's appeal from the decision of the court of appeals concluding that a prior designation as a dangerous dog is a prerequisite to its owner being prosecuted for failing to confine a…
Date: December 16, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-5153
Docket Number: 2017-1741
Date: December 16, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-5154
Docket Number: 2019-0489
Date: December 13, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-5160
Docket Number: 2019-1660
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed this expedited election case in which the village of Hills and Dales sought a writ of mandamus to compel the Plain Local School District Board of Education to forward to the Stark County Board…
Date: December 10, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-5028
Docket Number: 2018-1759
Date: December 10, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-5027
Docket Number: 2019-0212
Date: December 2, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4905
Docket Number: 2019-1476
Date: November 27, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4843
Docket Number: 2019-0806
Date: November 27, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4844
Docket Number: 2019-1077
Date: November 27, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4845
Docket Number: 2019-1081
Date: November 26, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4808
Docket Number: 2017-1758
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals concluding that two sentencing statutes - Ohio Rev. Code 2925.041(C)(1) and 2929.14(A)(3)(b) - are in conflict and applying the rule of lenity to determine…
Date: November 26, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4809
Docket Number: 2018-0942
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals affirming the trial court's judgment dismissing Plaintiffs' claims for quiet title and declaratory judgment based on their contention that an oil and gas…
Date: November 26, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4810
Docket Number: 2019-0812
Date: November 22, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4770
Docket Number: 2019-1454
Date: November 22, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4771
Docket Number: 2019-1456
Date: November 22, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4772
Docket Number: 2019-1457
Date: November 21, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4761
Docket Number: 2017-1506
Justia Opinion Summary: In this appeal from a criminal judgment the Supreme Court reversed the court of appeals' decision vacating some of Defendant's consecutive sentences and rendering Defendant's second assignment of error moot, holding that…
Date: November 21, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4757
Docket Number: 2018-0705
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals vacating the trial court's decision ordering Defendant, who pleaded guilty to cashing seven forged checks at branches of three different banks, to pay…
Date: November 21, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4760
Docket Number: 2019-0620
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's complaint for a writ of habeas corpus, holding that the court of appeals properly dismissed the complaint on the grounds that it…
Date: November 20, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4740
Docket Number: 2018-0377
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals ruling that, pursuant to Ohio Rev. Code 2744.02(B)(1), a political subdivision may be liable for its negligent failure to train its police officers in…
Date: November 20, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4739
Docket Number: 2018-1757
Date: November 20, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4741
Docket Number: 2019-0582
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's petition for a writ of mandamus, holding that the court of appeals correctly held that Appellant failed fully to comply with Ohio…
Date: November 20, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4766
Docket Number: 2019-1470
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Katrina D. Keith's claim seeking a writ of prohibition requiring the Lawrence County Board of Elections and its members (collectively, the Board) to remove Samuel T. Cramblit II's name from…
Date: November 19, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4716
Docket Number: 2018-0616
Justia Opinion Summary: In this dispute over credit provisions in a real estate purchase agreement, the Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals reversing the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Plaintiff, the…
Date: November 19, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4715
Docket Number: 2018-1762
Date: November 7, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4539
Docket Number: 2015-1309
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's convictions of two counts of aggravated murder and sentence of death for one of the murders but vacated the sentence, holding that the trial court erred in ruling that Defendant was…
Date: November 7, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4558
Docket Number: 2018-1437
Date: November 6, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4531
Docket Number: 2019-0220
Date: November 6, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4532
Docket Number: 2019-0221
Date: November 5, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4499
Docket Number: 2018-0237
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals reversing the judgment of the court of common pleas concluding that the Streetsboro Planning and Zoning Commission acted arbitrarily and capriciously by…
Date: November 5, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4500
Docket Number: 2018-1425
Date: October 31, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4430
Docket Number: 2018-0416
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court held that where Defendant was previously convicted of child endangering in connection with the death of his child and then, after his release from prison, Defendant told authorities that he had beaten…
Date: October 31, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4453
Docket Number: 2019-0196
Date: October 31, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4452
Docket Number: 2019-1284
Date: October 30, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4418
Docket Number: 2018-1766
Date: October 30, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4420
Docket Numbers: 2019-0032, 2019-0108
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the two judgments arising out of the same underlying criminal case, holding that Appellant's requested writ of mandamus was properly denied, and Appellant's complaint for a writ of habeas…
Date: October 29, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4381
Docket Number: 2018-0870
Date: October 29, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4382
Docket Number: 2018-1191
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied a writ of prohibition sought by C.H. to bar Respondents, Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court Judge Jennifer L. O'Malley and her designated magistrate, from exercising jurisdiction over a case…
Date: October 22, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4325
Docket Number: 2018-0252
Date: October 18, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4300
Docket Number: 2019-1348
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals denying Appellant's request for a writ of mandamus ordering the Tuscarawas County Board of Elections to certify Appellant's name to the November 2019 ballot…
Date: October 17, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4227
Docket Number: 2019-0503
Date: October 17, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4228
Docket Number: 2019-0540
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the court of common pleas judge to resentence him, holding that Appellant had an adequate…
Date: October 17, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4277
Docket Number: 2019-1296
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied a writ of prohibition sought by Bryan R. Barney and Walbonns, LLC (the protestors) seeking to prevent the Union County Board of Elections from placing a township zoning referendum on the November…
Date: October 16, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4204
Docket Numbers: 2017-1579, 2017-1609
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted Appellant's motion for reconsideration and vacated its decision in State v. Braden, __ N.E.3d __ (Ohio 2018) (Braden I), holding that Ohio Rev. Code 2947.23(C) grants a sentencing court…
Date: October 16, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4210
Docket Number: 2018-1177
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals affirming the judgment of the trial court overruling Defendant's motion to suppress evidence relating to a traffic stop, holding that the arresting officer…
Date: October 16, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4201
Docket Number: 2019-0398
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals granting the writ of mandamus sought by Appellant concerning certain public records Appellant had requested but denied the writ concerning others, holding…
Date: October 16, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4203
Docket Number: 2019-0501
Date: October 15, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4196
Docket Number: 2018-0379
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Public Utilities Commission approving the portfolio plans submitted by Ohio Edison Company, the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, and the Toledo Edison Company…
Date: October 15, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4171
Docket Number: 2018-0817
Date: October 15, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4155
Docket Number: 2019-0259
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals denying Appellant's request for a writ of mandamus and granting summary judgment in favor of Appellee, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Pamela…
Date: October 10, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4139
Docket Number: 2018-1746
Date: October 10, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4138
Docket Numbers: 2019-0235, 2019-0236
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgments in these consolidated appeals, holding that the court of appeals properly dismissed Appellant's complaint for a writ of habeas corpus as well as Appellant's complaint for a writ…
Date: October 10, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4137
Docket Number: 2019-0258
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals denying Appellant's action seeking a writ of mandamus to compel Appellee, Maple Heights Police Department (MHPD), to provide public records that he had…
Date: October 9, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3848
Docket Number: 2017-1575
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals reversing the trial court's denial of Corey Parker's petition for postconviction relief, holding Ohio Rev. Code 2953.23(A) does not vest a common pleas…
Date: October 9, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4129
Docket Number: 2018-1690
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals granting summary judgment in favor of Appellees and denying Appellant's petition for a writ of mandamus, holding that Appellant failed to establish that he…
Date: October 9, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4130
Docket Number: 2019-0018
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied the writ of mandamus sought by Alex Penland, an inmate at the Toledo Correctional Institution (TCI), to compel Respondents to make available for inspection the contract under which a vendor was…
Date: October 8, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4111
Docket Number: 2018-1553
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals denying Appellant's request for a writ of mandamus against Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction officials (DRC), holding that Appellant failed…
Date: October 8, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4113
Docket Number: 2019-0121
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals denying Appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus against the warden of the Lebanon Correctional Institution, holding that the court of appeals…
Date: October 4, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-4110
Docket Number: 2019-1234
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Relator's complaint seeking a writ of mandamus ordering the Greene County Board of Elections to verify the signatures on his petition and to certify his name to the November 5, 2019 general…
Date: September 26, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3876
Docket Number: 2017-1618
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied the Cincinnati Enquirer's request for a writ of mandamus but granted an award of attorney fees and court costs, holding that the City of Cincinnati's redactions to body-camera footage were…
Date: September 26, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3915
Docket Number: 2019-1216
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied the writ of prohibition sought by the village of Georgetown to prevent the Brown County Board of Elections from placing a tax-levy-reduction measure on the November 5, 2019 general election…
Date: September 25, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3846
Docket Number: 2019-0212
Date: September 25, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3847
Docket Number: 2019-0280
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals denying Appellant's request for a writ of mandamus to compel the Toledo Correctional Institution (TCI) to produce "all interoffice communications and…
Date: September 24, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3820
Docket Number: 2018-0097
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals affirming the trial court's order permanently enjoining enforcement of Ohio Rev. Code 9.75, which prohibits a public authority from requiring that…
Date: September 24, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3783
Docket Number: 2018-1760
Date: September 24, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3784
Docket Numbers: 2019-0213, 2019-0260
Justia Opinion Summary: In these consolidated appeals the Supreme Court affirmed the judgments of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's petition for a writ of mandamus and second petition for a writ of mandamus, holding that even if the…
Date: September 19, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3745
Docket Number: 2018-0883
Justia Opinion Summary: In this personal injury case, the Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals affirming the trial court's compensatory damages award, holding that there was insufficient evidence as a matter of law…
Date: September 19, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3748
Docket Number: 2018-1090
Date: September 19, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3752
Docket Number: 2019-1184
Date: September 18, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3743
Docket Number: 19-AP-066
Date: September 18, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3744
Docket Number: 19-AP-068
Date: September 18, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3723
Docket Number: 2018-1073
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals affirming the trial court's judgment approving the decision of the magistrate granting Sandra Walsh's motion for relief from judgment under Civ.R. 60(B)(4)…
Date: September 18, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3747
Docket Number: 2018-1706
Date: September 18, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3746
Docket Number: 2019-1155
Date: September 18, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3751
Docket Number: 2019-1191
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted a writ of mandamus to compel the Sandusky County Board of Elections to place a referendum petition concerning a city zoning ordinance on the November 2019 general election ballot, holding that…
Date: September 17, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3713
Docket Number: 2018-0711
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals affirming the judgment of the trial court granting declaratory judgment ordering the planning commission of the city of Broadview Heights to issue a…
Date: September 17, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3714
Docket Number: 2018-0833
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals granting Thomas Beyer's request for a writ of mandamus and ordering the Industrial Commission of Ohio to vacate its decision denying Beyer's request for an…
Date: September 17, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3737
Docket Number: 2019-1154
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Save Your Courthouse Committee's action seeking a writ of prohibition against the city of Medina and its director of finance (collectively, the municipal respondents) and denied the mandamus…
Date: September 16, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3709
Docket Number: 2010-1462
Date: September 16, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3724
Docket Number: 2019-1162
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted Randy Law a writ of mandamus ordering the Trumbull County Board of Elections to recertify his candidacy to the November 2019 ballot as an independent candidate for mayor of Warren, holding that…
Date: September 3, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3555
Docket Number: 2019-1108
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied a writ of mandamus sought by six Williams County electors (Relators) to compel the Williams County Board of Elections and its members to place a petition for a proposed county charter on the…
Date: August 29, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3471
Docket Number: 2017-1734
Date: August 29, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3472
Docket Number: 2018-0536
Date: August 22, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3341
Docket Number: 2017-0185
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgment of the court of appeals denying Appellant's request for a writ of mandamus ordering the Industrial Commission to vacate its order that terminated…
Date: August 22, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3342
Docket Number: 2018-0184
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals holding that Ohio Rev. Code 1308.16(A) allows a purchaser of a bond to assert a breach-of-contract claim that accrued before the bondholder's purchase…
Date: August 21, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3325
Docket Number: 2018-0159
Date: August 21, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3326
Docket Number: 2019-0245
Date: August 20, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3308
Docket Number: 2018-0562
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals reversing the trial court's dismissal of Plaintiff's complaint alleging that his former employer wrongfully terminated him during his probationary period,…
Date: August 20, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3309
Docket Number: 2019-0562
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted in part and denied in part Relator's request for a peremptory writ in mandamus seeking to compel responses to a request for public records, holding that Larry Greene, the public-records…
Date: August 15, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3246
Docket Number: 2018-0012
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals and held that, unless otherwise authorized by statute, a trial court may not impose community-control sanctions on one felony count to be served…
Date: August 14, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3231
Docket Number: 2018-0125
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals affirming the trial court's judgment granting Plaintiff's motion to certify a class action, holding that when a class-certification case originates with a…
Date: August 14, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3233
Docket Number: 2018-0440
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals affirming the judgment of the trial court declaring that the Village of Bratenahl did not violate Ohio's Open Meetings Act, Ohio Rev. Code 121.22, by…
Date: August 13, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3204
Docket Number: 2018-1157
Date: August 13, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3205
Docket Number: 2018-1759
Date: August 12, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3206
Docket Number: 2016-1149
Date: August 2, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-3113
Docket Number: 2013-0924
Date: July 23, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-2954
Docket Numbers: 2018-0099, 2018-0118
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals concluding that the Industrial Commission did not abuse its discretion when it found that Alfredo Pacheco was medically able to perform light-duty work…
Date: July 18, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-2880
Docket Number: 2018-0728
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals ordering the Industrial Commission of Ohio to vacate its order denying the request of Joshua Pilarczyk for permanent total disability (PTD) compensation,…
Date: July 18, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-2881
Docket Number: 2018-1438
Date: July 17, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-2851
Docket Numbers: 2018-0189, 2018-0213
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgments of the court of appeals in this construction dispute, holding that Ohio's construction statute of repose, Ohio Rev. Code 2305.131, applies to any cause of action, whether sounding…
Date: July 17, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-2853
Docket Number: 2019-0233
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus against the warden of the Marion Correctional Institution, holding that Appellant's…
Date: July 16, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-2845
Docket Number: 2018-1200
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied a writ of prohibition sought by the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) to prohibit Judge Robert Ruehlman from taking further action in a lawsuit filed against it in the Hamilton County…
Date: July 16, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-2844
Docket Number: 2019-0178
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's action seeking a writ of mandamus to compel Judge Christine Croce to vacate his sentences, merge certain offenses, and resentence…
Date: July 15, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-2847
Docket Number: 2018-0815
Date: July 15, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-2854
Docket Number: 2019-0767
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted a writ of mandamus ordering the Franklin County Board of Elections to reinstate Robert Bender's certification to the November 2019 ballot as the Libertarian Party candidate for Reynoldsburg City…
Date: June 27, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-2518
Docket Number: 2017-1377
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals reversing the trial court's order confirming the sale of Homeowners' property after the trial court entered a foreclosure decree in favor of Bank, holding…
Date: June 27, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-2519
Docket Number: 2019-0217
Date: June 26, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-2499
Docket Number: 2017-1649
Justia Opinion Summary: In this tort action against Cuyahoga County the Supreme Court affirmed the judgments of the lower courts applying Ohio Rev. Code 2744.09(B) to reject the County's assertion of political subdivision immunity, holding that…
Date: June 26, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-2500
Docket Number: 2019-0189
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted a writ of prohibition and denied a requested writ of mandamus in this original action by WBNS 10-TV, Inc. against Franklin County Common Pleas Domestic Relations Court Judge Monica Hawkins,…
Date: June 25, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-2450
Docket Numbers: 2018-0181, 2018-0182, 2018-0350, 2018-0351
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case involving the correct interpretation of Ohio Rev. Code 3107.07(A), the statute that sets forth when the adoption of a minor child may proceed without a parent's consent, the Supreme Court held that a…
Date: June 25, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-2473
Docket Number: 2018-0602
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case involving the manner in which earnings from commissions figure into the calculation of child support, the Supreme Court held that Ohio Rev. Code 3119.05(D) covers income earned from commissions and that the…
Date: June 20, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-2406
Docket Number: 2017-1375
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the orders of the Ohio Power Siting Board approving the application of 6011 Greenwich Windpark, LLC to add three new wind-turbine models to the list of turbines suitable for Greenwich…
Date: June 20, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-2411
Docket Number: 2019-0145
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed this original action in mandamus for failure to state a claim, holding that Relator was not entitled to mandamus relief. Relator, an inmate, brought this action against Respondents, nine…
Date: June 19, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-2401
Docket Numbers: 2017-1444, 2017-1664
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the order of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) that modified and approved an electric-security plan (ESP) for the FirstEnergy Companies, holding that…
Date: May 30, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-2064
Docket Number: 2018-1827
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, holding that the court of appeals correctly concluded that Appellant's petition failed to…
Date: May 30, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-2118
Docket Number: 2018-1857
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted C.V.'s request for a writ of prohibition against the Greene County Juvenile Court judge, holding that C.V. was entitled to a writ of prohibition against the Greene County Juvenile Court judge on…
Date: May 30, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-2107
Docket Number: 2019-0569
Date: May 29, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-2010
Docket Number: 2017-1463
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals vacating Defendant's convictions for violation of Defendant's right to a speedy trial, holding that speedy-trial time is tolled when a defendant's request…
Date: May 29, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-2011
Docket Number: 2018-1055
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals denying Appellant's petition for a writ of prohibition to bar East Cleveland Municipal Court Judge William Dawson from continuing to preside over Euclid…
Date: May 23, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1958
Docket Number: 2017-1067
Justia Opinion Summary: In this quo warranto case in which the attorney general sought to dissolve Omar Ibn El Khattab Mosque, Inc. the Supreme Court granted Appellants' motion for reconsideration of the Court's decision affirming the decision…
Date: May 23, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1959
Docket Number: 2018-1068
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the court of appeals' judgment denying Carol Fradette's petition for a writ of prohibition against Joseph Fradette and Judge Rosemary Grdina Gold and Magistrate Michelle Edwards of the Cuyahoga…
Date: May 23, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1962
Docket Number: 2018-1445
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals denying Appellant's Civ.R. 60(B) motion for relief from judgment and denied the five motions that Appellant filed in this case, holding that the court of…
Date: May 22, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1893
Docket Number: 2018-1172
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's complaint for a writ of mandamus and/or procedendo to compel Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Judge William H. Woods to issue a…
Date: May 21, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1858
Docket Number: 2018-1440
Date: May 16, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1853
Docket Number: 2018-0995
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's petition for a writ of mandamus to compel Appellee, Judge Megan E. Shanahan of the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, to provide…
Date: May 16, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1849
Docket Number: 2018-1140
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus against Warden Brandeshawn Harris, holding that Appellant's underlying claims were not…
Date: May 15, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1839
Docket Number: 2017-0915
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals reversing the trial court's denial of Appellee's motion to withdraw a guilty plea based on his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, holding that the…
Date: May 15, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1827
Docket Number: 2018-0068
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied as moot Relator's complaint seeking a writ of mandamus against Larry Greene, the administrative assistant for the warden of the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, to compel the production of…
Date: May 15, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1828
Docket Number: 2018-0950
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals denying Appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, holding that Appellant did not show that he was entitled to the writ. In his habeas corpus…
Date: May 9, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1726
Docket Number: 2018-1830
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Appellee's motion to dismiss Appellant's appeal from the decision of the Board of Tax Appeals (BTA) that denied Appellant's claim for property-tax exemption for several parcels of land it owned,…
Date: May 8, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1698
Docket Number: 2018-0996
Justia Opinion Summary: In this original action brought by Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney Michael C. O'Malley seeking a writ of prohibition to prevent Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Michael J. Russo from exercising…
Date: May 8, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1704
Docket Number: 2018-1198
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's complaint for writs of mandamus and prohibition against an unnamed judge of the Summit County Court of Common Pleas, holding that…
Date: May 7, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1676
Docket Number: 2018-0399
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted a peremptory writ prohibiting Judge Thomas O'Diam of the probate division of the Greene County Court of Common Pleas from enforcing his orders concerning the control of Courtroom 3 in the Greene…
Date: May 7, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1677
Docket Number: 2018-1195
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, holding that the arguments raised in the petition were not cognizable in habeas…
Date: May 7, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1712
Docket Number: 2019-0489
Date: May 2, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1624
Docket Number: 19-AP-001
Date: May 2, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1630
Docket Number: 19-AP-010
Date: May 2, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1625
Docket Number: 19-AP-010
Date: May 2, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1622
Docket Number: 2017-1505
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals reversing the judgment of the trial court denying Defendant's motion to suppress a handgun and other evidence obtained during a Terry stop, holding that the…
Date: May 2, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1623
Docket Number: 2018-0827
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the chief of the Ohio Bureau of Sentencing Computation (BSC) to recompute his sentences,…
Date: May 1, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1594
Docket Number: 2018-0695
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals denying Appellant's request for a writ of mandamus against the State Highway Patrol Retirement System (HPRS), holding that Appellant was not entitled to an…
Date: May 1, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1595
Docket Number: 2019-0251
Justia Opinion Summary: In this original action, the Supreme Court granted the City of Cleveland's request for a peremptory writ of prohibition against Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Nancy M. Russo and ordered Judge Russo to vacate…
Date: April 30, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1826
Docket Number: 19-AP-046
Date: April 30, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1568
Docket Number: 2017-1589
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals granting a writ of mandamus compelling the Ohio Public Employees Retirement Board (the OPERS board) to grant Appellee membership status and service credit…
Date: April 30, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1569
Docket Number: 2018-0593
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's petition for a writ of mandamus and/or procedendo against Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Melba Marsh, holding that…
Date: April 29, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1566
Docket Number: 2010-0735
Date: April 24, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-2017
Docket Number: 19-AP-044
Date: April 16, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1788
Docket Number: 19-AP-038
Date: April 11, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1329
Docket Number: 2018-1054
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the court of appeals' denial of a writ of prohibition sought by Appellants against Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Dick Ambrose, holding that the judge had jurisdiction over a…
Date: April 11, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1335
Docket Number: 2018-1382
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's complaint for a writ of mandamus against then director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC), other officials…
Date: April 11, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1340
Docket Number: 2018-1434
Date: April 10, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1313
Docket Number: 2018-1490
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's complaint for a writ of habeas corpus against the warden of the Chillicothe Correctional Institution, holding that the court of…
Date: April 10, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1314
Docket Number: 2018-1761
Date: April 9, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1307
Docket Number: 2017-1730
Date: April 9, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1308
Docket Number: 2017-1743
Date: April 9, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1270
Docket Number: 2018-0832
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Tenth District Court of Appeals granting Sharon Vonderheide's petition for a writ of mandamus and ordering the Industrial Commission to vacate its decision denying…
Date: April 9, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1271
Docket Number: 2018-1492
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's complaint for a writ of mandamus, holding that the court of appeals correctly dismissed Appellant's petition for noncompliance with…
Date: April 4, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1215
Docket Number: 2017-1292
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's appeal of his conviction for failure to maintain reasonable control of a vehicle, a minor misdemeanor, on the ground that the…
Date: April 4, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1216
Docket Number: 2017-1398
Justia Opinion Summary: In this original action brought by Relator seeking a writ of mandamus to compel the Guernsey County Sheriff to release records related to a criminal case against Bryan Bates, the Supreme Court denied Relator's petition…
Date: April 4, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1229
Docket Number: 2019-0099
Date: April 3, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1201
Docket Number: 2018-1436
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court adopted the findings of the Board of Professional Conduct that Judge Robert Nathaniel Rusu Jr., the Mahoning County Probate Court judge, violated several rules of the Code of Judicial Conduct and…
Date: March 28, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1109
Docket Number: 2017-0490
Date: March 28, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1110
Docket Number: 2017-1087
Date: March 25, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-1030
Docket Number: 2019-0225
Date: March 21, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-954
Docket Number: 2018-1121
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant’s petition for a writ of mandamus against Summit County Common Pleas Court Judge Jill Lanzinger, holding that the court of appeals…
Date: March 20, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-931
Docket Number: 2018-0836
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the court of appeals dismissing Appellant’s complaint for a writ of habeas corpus against Respondent, warden of the Noble Correctional Institution, holding that the allegations in Appellant’s…
Date: March 20, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-932
Docket Number: 2018-0905
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing the complaint of Appellant for a writ of prohibition or mandamus seeking a writ requiring dismissal of an adoption proceeding concerning his…
Date: March 20, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-933
Docket Number: 2018-0972
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals denying Appellant’s petition for a writ of mandamus and/or procedendo to compel the Bureau of Sentence Computation of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation…
Date: March 20, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-942
Docket Number: 2018-1084
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus, holding that Appellant’s claim was not cognizable in a habeas corpus action. Appellant was…
Date: March 19, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-900
Docket Number: 2018-0758
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant’s petition for writ of habeas corpus, holding that the court of appeals correctly dismissed the writ for failure to state a claim upon…
Date: March 19, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-901
Docket Number: 2018-0760
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant’s complaint for a writ of mandamus for failure to pay the filing fee but modified the judgment to hold that the dismissal was without…
Date: March 14, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-857
Docket Number: 2018-0583
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals denying Appellant’s petition for a writ of mandamus against Appellees, the director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction and the acting…
Date: March 14, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-858
Docket Number: 2018-0685
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals sua sponte dismissing Appellant’s petition for a writ of mandamus, holding that the court of appeals did not abuse its discretion when it sua sponte…
Date: March 13, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-849
Docket Number: 2019-0104
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied the writs of prohibition and mandamus sought by Relators to order the Warren County Board of Elections to remove from the May 7 ballot a referendum on a 2018 resolution adopted by the Wayne…
Date: March 11, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-820
Docket Number: 2017-1735
Date: March 7, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-764
Docket Number: 2018-1092
Date: March 6, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-759
Docket Number: 2018-0824
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing the complaint for a writ of mandamus filed by Appellant, an inmate, holding that compliance with Ohio Rev. Code 2969.26(A) is mandatory and that…
Date: March 6, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-760
Docket Number: 2018-0926
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the dismissal of Appellant’s complaint for writs of mandamus and prohibition against Warren County Common Pleas Court Judge Timothy Tepe, holding that Appellant failed to demonstrate that the…
Date: March 5, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-717
Docket Number: 2017-0563
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied the writ of mandamus sought by the St. Clair Township Board of Trustees (St. Clair) seeking to compel the City of Hamilton and its officers (Hamilton) to calculate and pay lost tax revenue…
Date: March 5, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-716
Docket Number: 2018-0621
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus against the warden of the Toledo Correction Institution, holding that the petition was correctly…
Date: March 5, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-718
Docket Number: 2018-0787
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus that he filed against the warden of the Chillicothe Correctional Institution, holding that the…
Date: February 28, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-670
Docket Number: 2018-1433
Date: February 27, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-673
Docket Number: 2019-0139
Date: February 22, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-616
Docket Number: 2019-0133
Date: February 21, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-612
Docket Number: 2017-1730
Date: February 19, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-579
Docket Number: 2018-1579
Date: February 14, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-517
Docket Number: 2017-0922
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the court of appeals’ denial of Appellant’s petition for a writ of mandamus in this workers’ compensation case, holding that the Industrial Commission did not abuse its discretion by concluding…
Date: February 13, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-463
Docket Number: 2018-0085
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals denying Appellant’s complaint seeking a writ of procedendo ordering the Industrial Commission to proceed with its adjudication of her application for…
Date: February 12, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-435
Docket Number: 2018-1088
Date: January 25, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-215
Docket Number: 2018-1840
Date: January 23, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-201
Docket Number: 2018-1824
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied the writ of prohibition sought by Josh Abernathy to compel the Lucas County Board of Elections to remove the Lake Erie Bill of Rights (LEBOR), a proposed amendment to the Toledo City Charter,…
Date: January 17, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-117
Docket Number: 2018-0527
Date: January 17, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-119
Docket Number: 2018-1790
Date: January 10, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-32
Docket Number: 2017-0225
Date: January 3, 2019
Citation: 2019-Ohio-5
Docket Number: 2018-1706