Update: on August 18, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
Read the analysis of the oral argument here.
On June 25, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio will
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March Madness and Continued Discrimination Against Women Coaches
By Tracy Thomas
Yay! The Akron Women's Basketball Zips, MAC champions, are headed to the NCAA March Madness tournament for the first time. (What is a zip, you ask? First a rubber shoe, now a (girl) kangaroo. "Fear the Roo."). During this time…
Anti-Abortion Action at the Municipal Level
By Tracy Thomas
Albuquerque voters rejected a proposed 20-week ban on abortion 55% to45%. The initiative effort may be new, but the municipal venue is not. In the early years after Roe v. Wade, the newly organized National Right to Life focused its strategy…
Joan Biskupic on the Supreme Court at Akron Law
By Tracy Thomas
Akron Law‘s Miller-Becker Institute for Professional Responsibility welcomes tomorrow Supreme Court reporter Joan Biskupic. Her talk is From Thurgood Marshall to Sonia Sotomayor: The Voices of Groundbreaking Supreme Court Justices. Biskupic “will reflect on the careers of Sandra Day O’Connor, Ruth…
Busy Day Today for Legal Challenges To The Health Care Statute As The Sixth Circuit Issues A New Opinion And The Obama Administration Announces Proposed Shift in Policy
Today has been an active day for legal challenges relating to the new health care statute. To start things off, the Sixth Circuit earlier this morning rejected the latest constitutional challenges to the so-called individual mandate requiring individuals to purchase…
Judge Sanctioned For Seeking Defendant’s Vote
The Ohio Commission of Judges has ordered that a judge of the Akron Municipal Court be fined $5,000 for misconduct while a candidate for the County Court of Common Pleas.During a criminal matter, the judge told a defendant "that he…
Tracy Thomas on Regulating First-Trimster Abortions
Tracy A. Thomas (University of Akron School of Law) has posted Back to the Future of Regulating Abortion in the First Term on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In 2011, more abortion bills were passed to restrict abortion than ever…
Saying Goodbye to the Sunshine State
After several years of sun and fun, I am leaving Florida to move back to my home state of Ohio to join the talented faculty at the University of Akron School of Law as a tenured Professor of Law. I…
Practice Pointer: Open Certified Letters From The Bar
The Ohio Supreme Court has imposed a reprimand of an attorney who had failed to respond from correspondence from the Akron Bar Association concerning a client complaint.According to the recommendation of the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline, the…