Supreme Court of Ohio Decisions 2023

Justia Opinion Summary: In the case before the Supreme Court of Ohio, the issue concerned whether a landlord or landlord's agent can prohibit a person from entering leased premises, even if that person has received permission from a tenant. The…

Justia Opinion Summary: In the case before the Supreme Court of Ohio, the main issue was whether the four-year medical-claims statute of repose, set forth in R.C. 2305.113(C), applies to wrongful-death claims based on medical care. The facts of…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court of Ohio dealt with a case involving the plaintiff, who was acting both individually and as the executor of an estate, and the defendants, which included a medical center and various medical…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the Supreme Court of Ohio reversed the judgment of the Tenth District Court of Appeals. The case involved an individual, acting both on their own behalf and as the administrator of an estate, who had…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case from the Supreme Court of Ohio, the court considered whether a derivative claim for loss of parental consortium could proceed even when the primary medical negligence claim, on which it was based, was barred…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, an appellant challenged his criminal convictions, arguing that the trial court had erred by failing to hold a competency hearing. The appellant's counsel had requested a competency evaluation prior to the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court of Ohio reversed the judgment of the Tenth District Court of Appeals in a case involving an individual, Maxwell, suing Lombardi and others. The reversal was based on the authority of a previous case,…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the Supreme Court of Ohio reversed the judgment of the First District Court of Appeals. The case involved a dispute between Ewing, in her capacity as executor of an estate and personal representative of the…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, appellant Arthur Rossi, both individually and as executor of the Rossi estate, brought a legal action against Atrium Medical Center and other medical practitioners (appellees). The Supreme Court of Ohio…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court of Ohio examined the appropriate standard of review for cases involving a juvenile court’s decision to award permanent custody of a child and to terminate parental rights. The case stemmed from a…

Justia Opinion Summary: In the case before the Supreme Court of Ohio, Michael Swazey Jr. was indicted for failing to pay child support. He filed a pretrial motion to dismiss the indictment under Rule 12(C)(2) of the Ohio Rules of Criminal…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court of Ohio found that the Cedar Point Police Department (CPPD), which provides security, policing, and law-enforcement services at the Cedar Point amusement park, is required to respond to valid…

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2016, Brian N. Spencer was convicted of possession of heroin and marijuana with a firearm specification, and having a weapon while under disability by a Franklin County Court of Common Pleas jury. On the day of the…

Justia Opinion Summary: In the case before the Supreme Court of Ohio, the issue was the quantum of evidence required to satisfy the probable-cause standard for determining whether a juvenile-court offender may be bound over to adult court. The…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's petition for a writ of mandamus seeking to compel the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction and the Bureau of Sentence…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's petition seeking a writ of prohibition to bar Judge David M. Ondrey of the Geauga County Court of Common Pleas from exercising…

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 Tom Watson of the North Central Correctional Institution, holding that Appellant…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case addressing the General Assembly districting plan adopted by the Ohio Redistricting Commission in September 2023 the Supreme Court granted motions to dismiss brought by Petitioners, who filed motions for…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted a writ of mandamus ordering the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction to produce a copy of a kite that he alleged he had exchanged with the "cashier" of the North Central Correctional…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals denying Appellant's complaint for a writ of mandamus requiring the Industrial Commission of Ohio to award him a scheduled award of permanent partial…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court declined to accept this discretionary appeal filed on behalf of H.R. and sanctioned the three attorneys representing H.R. for instituting a frivolous appeal. The underlying dispute involved two motions…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals in this criminal case, holding that it does not violate the separation of powers doctrine to tie the judge's ability to reduce the registration period for a…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's writ of habeas corpus arguing that the sentencing court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction over Appellant's case after it issued a…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Petitioner's mandamus action after recognizing his status as a vexatious litigator as declared in an earlier, separate matter, holding that…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Relator Mark Repp's quo warranto claim he sought to oust Rhonda Best from judicial office and to declare him the rightful holder of the office and dismissed all other claims sua sponte,…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals in this dispute arising out of environmental-cleanup and remediation work at two Superfund sites in Bronson, Michigan, holding that Restatement (Second) 193…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied relief in this expedited election action brought by Brandon King, mayor of East Cleveland, seeking extraordinary writs to compel the removal of a proposed East Cleveland city-charter amendment…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted a writ of prohibition in this original action, holding that the trial court in this case lost jurisdiction to proceed on a request for attorney fees after entering final judgment. After a…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the opinion of the court of appeals rejecting Charles Simpson's peremptory prohibition claim and mandamus claim, holding that the court of appeals did not err in denying the prohibition claim…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated its decision in State v. Gwynne, __ N.E.3d __ (Ohio 2022) (Gwynne IV) and affirmed the judgment of the Fifth District Court of Appeals in this sentencing dispute, holding that the court of…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing two complaints Appellant filed seeking writs of mandamus and prohibition, holding that Appellant was not entitled to writs of mandamus or…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals reversing Defendant's conviction for violating Ohio Rev. Code 2907.06(A)(2), holding that a jury can reasonably infer that a defendant knew a victim to be…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied mandamus relief in this action brought under Ohio's Public Records Act, Ohio Rev. Code 149.43, by Kevin Payne against Kelly Rose, an inspector at the Richland Correctional Institution (RCI),…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals concluding that Acuity was not required to provide coverage for the car accident in this case, holding that Acuity must provide coverage for the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the orders of the Ohio Power Siting Board approving two large solar farms that were proposed to be built in Preble County, holding that the Board's order was neither unlawful nor unreasonable.…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's complaint for writs of mandamus and prohibition ordering the trial court to vacate his criminal sentence, holding that Appellant was…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the opinion of the court of appeals affirming the decision of the trial court to grant summary judgment in favor of Defendants in this complaint alleging misappropriation of trade secrets,…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus arguing that the trial court in which he was convicted lacked subject-matter jurisdiction,…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Appellant's appeal challenging the decision of the court of appeals denying his motion for leave to continue a mandamus action, holding that Appellant's appeal was prohibited under Ohio Rev.…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case concerning how an Ohio prisoner is to enforce his constitutional right to a speedy trial on an untried indictment the Supreme Court held that a prisoner satisfies the "causes to be delivered" requirement of…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted a limited writ of mandamus ordering Respondent James Wesson, the warden's assistant at the Grafton Correctional Institution (CGI), to, within fourteen days, either produce records in response to…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this expedited election case, the Supreme Court granted a writ of mandamus compelling Respondents to sustain a protest compelling Secretary of State Frank LaRose and the Logan County Board of Elections to sustain a…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied a writ of prohibition sought by Relator ordering Cuyahoga County Board of Elections and its individual members to remove a proposed East Cleveland city-charter amendment from the November 7, 2023…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted a writ of mandamus ordering the Union County Board of Elections to place a referendum on the November 7, 2023 general election ballot in this expedited election case, holding that the Union…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals issuing a limited writ of mandamus and ordering the Industrial Commission of Ohio to determine Appellee's appropriate pre-injury visual baseline and to…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals concluding that the Industrial Commission of Ohio did not abuse its discretion in denying Appellant's request for a violation of specific safety…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals reversing Defendant's convictions for felony charges stemming from an inventory search of an impounded truck that Defendant was driving when he was pulled…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals reversing the decision of the court of claims seeking to recover a portion of the Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC)'s subrogated award in this case,…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals granting summary judgment in favor of the Hocking County Common Pleas Court and Judge Dale Crawford in Appellant's action for writs of mandamus and…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this discretionary appeal brought by Discovery Oil and Gas, LLC to determine whether an express indemnification provision in its contract with Wildcat Drilling, LLC evinced a clear intent by the parties to abrogate…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted in part and denied in part a writ of mandamus ordering Respondents to provide records responsive to request numbers 2, 3, and 4 from Jeffrey Howard's August 2022 public records request and…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgment of the court of appeals granting summary judgment on Plaintiff's claim under the Open Meetings Act, Ohio Rev. Code 121.22 and denying Plaintiff's…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied a writ of mandamus and dismissed declaratory judgment and injunctive relief claims sought by Mariah Crenshaw to force the removal of every candidate for the offices of judge and clerk of the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied a writ of mandamus ordering the Crawford County Board of Elections to certify Relator's name as a candidate for a seat on the Galion City Council on the November 7 general election ballot,…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the orders of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approving a stipulation that authorized Dominion Energy Ohio to implement its capital expenditure program rider (CEP Rider), holding that…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner's request seeking writ of mandamus compelling the Medina County Board of Elections to place a local liquor option on the November 7, 2023 general election ballot in this expedited…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied a writ of mandamus sought under Ohio's Public Records Act, Ohio Rev. Code 149.43, by Ashley Fluty against the City of Broadview Heights as well as Fluty's requests for statutory damages, attorney…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted a limited writ of mandamus ordering Secretary of State Frank LaRose to reconvene the Ohio Ballot Board and directed the ballot board to adopt ballot language that accurately described a proposed…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied a writ of mandamus sought by the Board of Education of the Ottawa Hills Local School District ordering the Lucas County Board of Elections to place a tax levy on the November 7, 2023 general…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals granting in part and denying in part a writ of mandamus, affirmed the court's award of statutory damages and court costs, and reversed the award of attorney…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals denying a writ of mandamus sought by Appellant to compelling the Clark County Prosecuting Attorney to join in the filing of a motion to vacate guilty pleas…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals granting the trial court's motion to dismiss this complaint brought by Appellant seeking an order requiring the trial court to issue a final, appealable…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing this complaint brought by Appellant requesting a writ of mandamus to compel the City of Mentor to commence appropriation proceedings for an…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals in this second lawsuit brought by AJZ's Hauling, LLC against TruNorth Warranty Programs of North American (TruNorth) affirming the decision of the trial…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied as moot Mark Griffin's request for a writ of mandamus and also denied Griffin's request for statutory damages, holding that Griffin's request for a writ of mandamus was moot. Griffin, an inmate…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Relator's petition seeking a writ of prohibition to vacate his conviction and sentence for certain felony offenses, holding that Relator failed…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals denying the writ of mandamus sought by Stephen Harris to order the Industrial Commission of Ohio to reverse its decision denying Harris's request for…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied a writ of mandamus brought under Ohio's Public Records Act, Ohio Rev. Code 149.43, by Harry Barr, an inmate at the Grafton Correctional Institution (GCII), seeking to compel the warden's…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the decision of the court of appeals in this case involving Ohio's sex-offender registration and reporting laws, holding that Appellant had completed his Ohio…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted Harry Barr a limited writ of mandamus, holding that Barr was entitled to relief on his request for certain inmate records predating State ex rel. Mobley v. Ohio Dep't of Rehabilitation &…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals reversing the trial court's partial denial of Defendant's motion for summary judgment in this dog bite case, holding that a genuine issue of material fact…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court declined to issue a writ of prohibition sought by Youngstown Civil Service Commission, the City of Youngstown and Youngstown Mayor Jamael Tito Brown (collectively, Youngstown) to prevent Mahoning County…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Board of Tax Appeals upholding the final determination by the tax commissioner assessing a use tax against Appellant, holding that the Board did not err in upholding that…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the Tenth District Court of Appeals granting Donna Kidd's request for a writ of mandamus ordering the Industrial Commission of Ohio to vacate its order denying Kidd's…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this employment action, the Supreme Court held that under the plain language of Ohio Rev. Code 124.48, a "vacancy" occurs for competitive promotional examination purposes when the incumbent in the promoted-rank…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied this action brought by Jennifer Giroux and Thomas Brinkman (collectively, Giroux) challenging an initiative petition to place a proposed constitutional amendment on the November 7, 2023 ballot,…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted a peremptory writ of mandamus ordering Jennifer Harkey, the finance director of the City of Maumee, to transmit a referendum petition to the Lucas County Board of Elections, holding that it was…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals granting a writ of mandamus ordering the Ohio Fair Plan Underwriting (OFP) to provide documents in response to a public records request brought by Fair…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court modified the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's petition for a writ of mandamus seeking an order directing Appellees to produce unreacted invoices for certain legal services under…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgment of the Ohio Board of Tax Appeals (BTA) that some of Taxpayer's equipment used in fracking was subject to Ohio's sales and use tax, holding most of the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, holding that Appellant did not comply with Ohio Rev. Code 2969.25(C). Defendant was…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the judgment of the court of appeals in this case challenging the constitutionality of the Ohio Liquor Control Commission's emergency rule that was adopted as part of the state's initial…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the Ohio Power Siting Board authorizing Firelands Wind, LLC to construct, operate, and maintain a wind farm in Huron and Erie Counties, holding that the nineteen nearby residents…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals denying a writ of prohibition preventing Judge Peter J. Corrigan from proceeding in a declaratory judgment and preliminary injunction action, holding that…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court held that indefinite sentencing under the "Reagan Tokes Law," which became effective in March 2019 and requires that for certain felony offenses a sentencing court impose on the offender an indefinite…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals denying Appellant's petition for a writ of mandamus against the Hamilton County clerk of courts (Appellee) to compel the production of public records and…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted Relator's request for a writ of mandamus ordering the Ohio Department Transportation and its director (collectively, ODOT) to begin appropriation proceedings for the taking of real property…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals construing the language of Ohio Rev. Code 2929.25(D)(4) as prohibiting the trial court from ordering a jail term for a violation of a condition of community…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted Respondents' motion to dismiss the underlying complaint seeing writs of procedendo and mandamus to compel Respondents to proceed to a hearing on an ex parte motion seeking temporary custody of…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case regarding the removal of a prospective juror based solely on his or her gender the Supreme Court held that when a party objecting to a peremptory challenge offers a bare allegation of gender discrimination…

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 Jay Forshey, holding that the court of appeals did not err granting Forshey's…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals dismissing this action in mandamus brought by Appellant, an inmate at the London Correctional Institution, against Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost asking…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals reversing the judgment of the trial court determining that Plaintiff could not recover under a commercial general-liability (CGL) insurance policy issued by…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed judgment of the court of appeals denying Mother's complaint for a writ of prohibition, holding that Mother was not entitled to relief on her argument that the juvenile division lacked…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the judgment of the court of appeals determining that the Mill Creek Metropolitan Park District Board of Commissioners failed to comply with Ohio Rev. Code 1545.11 when it initiated…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's petition for a writ of mandamus against Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Tom Heekin for failure to file an affidavit of prior…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's petition for a writ of mandamus for noncompliance with Ohio Rev. Code 2969.25(A) and remanded this case, holding that the record…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's complaint for writs of prohibition and mandamus against the Ohio Parole Board and the Franklin County Child Support Enforcement…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's complaint for a writ of mandamus against Youngstown Mayo Jamael Tito Brown, Youngstown Fire Chief Barry Finley, and Youngstown…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals granting Appellant's petition for a writ of mandamus but denying his requests for statutory damages and court costs, holding that there was no…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals granting Appellee's requested writ of mandamus ordering the Industrial Commission of Ohio to reinstate an order of its staff hearing officer denying…

Justia Opinion Summary: In proceedings involving divorce and domestic-violence-civil-protection-order (DVCPO) cases that had been pending for more than five years the Supreme Court denied M.D.'s motion to enforce this Court's writ of procedendo…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied a writ of mandamus sought by Relators ordering Secretary of State Frank LaRose to remove a proposed constitutional amendment (SJR 2) from the August 8, 2023 special election ballot, holding that…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted in part and denied in part a writ of mandamus challenging the decision of the Ohio General Assembly placing a proposed amendment to the Ohio Constitution on the ballot for a special election to…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals concluding that there was not an enforceable settlement agreement between Jack Marchbanks, director of the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), and Ice…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this action arising from an initiative petition proposing a constitutional amendment entitled "The Right to Reproductive Freedom with Protections for Health and Safety" the Supreme Court held that Relators, registered…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellants' action for a writ of prohibition against Appellees - Ashtabula County Court of Common Pleas Judge Marianne Sezon and Clerk of Court…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the Tenth District Court of Appeals denying Appellant's action seeking a writ of mandamus ordering the Ohio Parole Board to reinstate his parole and hold a new revocation…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's complaint for a writ of mandamus to compel the common pleas court judge who sentenced him to correct what he alleged was an illegal…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals denying Appellant's complaint for a writ of habeas corpus against the warden of the Madison Correctional Institution, holding that the court of appeals…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's complaint for a writ of habeas corpus seeking release from custody on bail on reasonable conditions of bond, holding that habeas…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the Tenth District Court of Appeals issuing a limited writ of mandamus directing the Industrial Commission of Ohio to vacate its order denying Amanda Carpenter's request for…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted a writ of prohibition against the Logan County Common Pleas Court and Judge Natasha Kennedy, a judge of the Logan County Common Pleas Court, Family Court Division, holding that Relators,…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted a writ of mandamus sought by Harm Reduction Ohio (HRO) ordering OneOhio Recovery Foundation (the Foundation) to provide requested documents under Ohio's Public Records Act, Ohio Rev. Code 149.43…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Relator's complaint seeking a writ of mandamus to compel the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC) to provide documents in response to submitted public records requests, holding…

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 Trumbell Correctional Institution, where Appellant was serving a…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court refused to grant a writ of mandamus directing the Delaware County Sheriff's Office (DCSO) to produce records in response to a public-records request, holding that Relator failed to prove that he was…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court remanded this case to the trial court for it to enter a judgment of conviction against Appellant for criminal trespass under Ohio Rev. Code 2911.21(A)(1) and to sentence him in accordance with this…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted in part and denied a writ of mandamus sought by Relator compelling the clerk of the Circleville Municipal Court, Charma Cantrell, to comply fully with a public-records request Relator sent…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted in part and denied in part the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office's motion for judgment on the pleadings as to this action brought by Relator, an inmate, and denied as moot Relator's claim for a…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed this appeal of the decision of the court of appeals setting Appellant's bail at $250,000, holding that this appeal was moot. Appellant was indicted on several charges and arrested, and the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Relator's petition in this original action seeking a writ of mandamus to compel the city of Sheffield Lake and its mayor (collectively, the city) to produce documents in response to a public…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted a writ compelling the Mansfield Correctional Institution to produce records requested by Relator against the Mansfield Correctional Institution under Ohio's Public Records Act, Ohio Rev. Code…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied the motion filed by the Summit County Republican Party Executive Committee seeking an award of more than $69,000 in attorney fees that it allegedly incurred in this election dispute, holding that…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus sought by Appellant, holding that the court of appeals properly weighed the evidence. Appellant, Pele…

Justia Opinion Summary: An Ohio tax lien on real property is enforced through a foreclosure action, which may result in a sale of the property at auction. If such a sale occurs and the price exceeds the amount of the lien, the excess funds may…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied a writ of mandamus sought by Relator ordering the Washington County Board of Elections to place his name on the May 2, 2023 primary election ballot as a Democratic candidate for mayor of Marietta…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted a writ of mandamus compelling the Delaware County Board of Elections to place a township-zoning referendum petition on the May 2, 2023 ballot or, alternatively, the November 7, 2023 ballot,…

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 Pickaway Correctional Institution (PCI), where Appellant was an…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals reversing the order issued by the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation classifying the in-home direct-care workers of Friendship Supported Living, Inc. as…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted a peremptory writ of prohibition compelling the probate-juvenile court to vacate its order granting the applications for immunity filed by two witnesses in a criminal case under Ohio Rev. Code…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's claims seeking writs of prohibition and mandamus against Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas Judge Kimberly A. Melnick, holding…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted in part and denied in part this action seeking a writ of mandamus ordering Hamilton County Clerk of Courts Pavan Parikh to provide copies of three oaths of office and various court records from…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's original action captioned “Petition for discharge for want of jurisdiction, judicial misconduct, and abuse of discretion,…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing a petition for writs of mandamus and/or prohibition to compel Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Cassandra Collier-Williams to carry out…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals denying Appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus against the warden of the North Central Correctional Complex, holding that the court of appeals…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied a writ of mandamus sought by North Canton City Council ordering Stark County Board of Elections to place two proposed levies on the May 2, 2023 primary-election ballot, holding that the Board…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals denying Michael Bell's petition seeking a writ of habeas against the warden of the Mansfield Correctional Institution (MCI) and denied Bell's motion to…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Plaintiff's complaint seeking writs of prohibition and mandamus to vacate the result of a 2016 hearing held by the Ohio Parole Board that denied…

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 was not entitled to relief on his propositions of law. Appellant was…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied this petition filed by LaRon Gregory seeking a writ of mandamus to compel the City of Toledo to provide public records and awarded statutory damages, holding that Gregory was not entitled to a…

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 warden of the Mansfield Correctional Institution, holding that the petition was…

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 Ohio Rev. Code 2969.25(A) affidavit was deficient, making his habeas…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's complaint for writs of prohibition and mandamus seeking vacated of his criminal convictions, holding that Appellant had an adequate…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing this original action seeking to challenge the validity of a common pleas court's determination that Huber Heights Veterans Club, Inc. (HHVC) was…

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 against the trial court, holding that Appellant's complaint failed to state a…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted a writ of mandamus sought by Matthew Lusane against the city of Kent police department, holding that Lusane was entitled both to the writ and to $1,000 in statutory damages. In 2022, Lusane…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's mandamus action and denied Appellant's motions for default judgment and summary judgment, holding that the court of appeals properly…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted writs of prohibition and mandamus ordering Judge John P. O'Donnell of the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court to stop exercising jurisdiction over the underlying case and to dismiss the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals denying Appellant's third motion for relief from judgment filed after the court of appeals dismissed Appellant's complaint for a writ of mandamus, holding…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted a writ of mandamus ordering the City of East Cleveland to satisfy a civil judgment against it won by Marilyn Conard and Charles Hunt, plus pre- and post-judgment interest, or to take steps set…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Appellant's complaint for a writ of prohibition to prevent Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Deena Calabrese from exercising jurisdiction in the underlying matter brought to enforce a…

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 North Central Correctional Complex, where Appellant was an inmate,…

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 court of appeals correctly dismissed Appellant's petition. Appellant, an…