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August 9, 2024
In In re A.V., the Court denied requests to dismiss the case and for declaratory judgment.
August 8, 2024
In State ex rel. Brown v. Yost, the Court denied relators’ motion to expedite the case.
Weidman v. Hildebrant
In Weidman v. Hildebrant (2022-0837 and 2022-1042), the Court ruled a defamation lawsuit could be filed within one year after a township trustee discovered a phony, secret email.
August 7, 2024
In Kyser v. Summit Cty. Children Servs. (2022-1419 and 2023-0126), the Court ruled the Summit County Common Pleas Court did not have jurisdiction over a foster parent’s appeal of a children services agency decision.
In State ex rel. Boler v. Fourth Dist. Court of Appeals, the Court denied the Fourth District Court of Appeals’ motion to strike and relator Phillip Boler’s request for an evidentiary hearing.
Kyser v. Summit Cty. Children Servs.
August 6, 2024
Harmon v. Cincinnati
In State v. Stevens, the Court accepted appellant Ronald L. Stevens’ request to file a delayed appeal.
In Harmon v. Cincinnati, the Court ruled two city employees were wrongly denied their right to a hearing before the city civil service commission regarding being placed on leave during the COVID-19 pandemic.
August 5, 2024
The Court published official versions of 25 opinions, which were previously released as slip opinions.
August 2, 2024
At the request of appellant Larry Sours, the Court dismissed State ex rel. Sours v. MGQ, Inc.
August 1, 2024
In re Application of Ohio Power Co.
In In re Application of Ohio Power Co., the Court upheld a state utility regulator’s finding that AEP Ohio is not recovering through its distribution rates the costs it incurs to provide generation service.
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Ohio Courts in the News
- Appeal denied for convicted rapist, sex offender Zeigler: Tribune Chronicle
- Retired Franklin County judge accused of misappropriating $65,000 could lose law license: Columbus Dispatch
- ‘I'm going to jail for good'; Cleveland man accused of killing wife, fleeing with daughter found guilty: Cleveland.com
- Ohio man who admitted stabbing ex-girlfriend 30 times in jealous fit sentenced to prison: Columbus Dispatch
- 'You gave them a life sentence': Judge sentences man on sex convictions: Toledo Blade
- Dayton man who takes teen girl to motel for sex gets 3 years in prison: Dayton Daily News
- Victims of defamation get more time to sue, Ohio Supreme Court says: Cincinnati Enquirer
- Man sent to prison for beating death last summer at Hamilton residence: WCPO
- Man pleads guilty in death on North Side: The Vindicator
- 2 sentenced for correctional facility assaults: Tribune Chronicle
- Truck driver sentenced in fatal Stark County crash: Canton Repository
- Judge: Man accused of killing 4 in Butler Twp. still incompetent for trial: Dayton Daily News
- Attorney for family of Ohio corrections officer killed says they 'don't have a narrative' on the incident: WBNS
- Why isn't attempted murder charged more often in Columbus? We looked at the data: Columbus Dispatch
- Second Harvest Food Bank to get $7,691 in settlement: The Vindicator