Adverse possession is a doctrine that every lawyer encounters early in their first-year law school property class—the classic “squatter’s rights” analysis involving “open, notorious, exclusive and hostile” possession. Despite its ancient roots, it remains “still new law” as the Ohio
Ohio’s Westfield v. Galatis test for overruling precedent
Nearly 25 years ago, the Westfield Ins. Co. v. Galatis decision established the Ohio Supreme Court’s three-part test for overruling its own precedent. This is an essential framework for understanding Ohio appellate
The Ohio Supreme Court’s jurisdictional announcement on March 17, 2026, serves as a stark reminder of the “selective” nature of the discretionary docket. While previous weeks in February and early March showed higher acceptance rates due to held cases,
The Supreme Court of Ohio recently clarified a key question in Ohio zoning law: when does a zoning decision trigger the right to appeal? In 729 West 130th Street, L.L.C. v. Hinckley Twp. Bd. of Zoning Appeals, the court
It is often said that in Ohio politics, a good last name is worth ten points on Election Day and a lifetime of “Wait, which one are you again?” at the local bar association holiday party. For attorneys navigating Ohio’s
The Supreme Court of Ohio released another round of jurisdictional decisions on March 3, 2026, declining review in 32 cases and accepting two criminal appeals. The latest discretionary docket update provides additional data for our 2026 year-to-date analysis of Ohio
Welcome back to OhioAppeals.com. For practitioners, the Ohio Supreme Court’s discretionary docket can often feel like a black box. By tracking every yes and no, we aim to provide a data-driven look at how the Supreme Court is shaping its
In legal practice, few things trigger more anxiety than the collision of a long-awaited family vacation and a newly issued oral argument notice from the Ohio Supreme Court. As we have documented on this blog previously, the court is
Sometimes the most fundamental questions yield the most contentious answers
It sounds like a trick question, doesn’t it? How long is one year? 12 months, right? 365 days (366 in a leap year)? Well, according to a recent Ohio Supreme
Those pesky final, appealable order questions just never stop coming
I remember 30 years ago when I served as a law-student intern at Ohio’s Second District Court of Appeals, one of my primary jobs was to review incoming appeals to