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PropertyProf Blog
The Make or Break Moment for Kasich . . . So Let’s Talk Property!
March 15 is the make or break day for the Kasich campaign. And by “make or break,” I mean this is the day that determines whether Kasich gets to sit…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Sixth Circuit Finds Ohio’s False Campaign Speech Law Violates First Amendment
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn a relatively brief opinion in Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus, a panel of the Sixth Circuit found…
Ohio Appellate Insights
Merit Decision: Defectively-Executed Recorded Mortgage Provides Constructive Notice to the World. In Re Messer.
On February 16, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in In re Messer, 2016-Ohio-510. This case involved the following two questions certified from bankruptcy court: whether…
Energy Law Report
Ohio Supreme Court still mulling many questions about the Dormant Mineral Act
Last year we reported on the flood of appeals pouring in to the Ohio Supreme Court raising dozens of questions about the Ohio Dormant Mineral Act (DMA), which can be…
Ohio Appellate Insights
What’s On Their Minds: How to Vest Jurisdiction in an Unemployment Compensation Appeal. Marcus H. Pryor II v. Director, Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.
Update: On May 11, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here. “Hasn’t the General Assembly created some confusion by…
Ohio Appellate Insights
What’s On Their Minds: Can a Prior Juvenile Adjudication Be Used to Enhance an Adult Sentence? State of Ohio v. Adrian Hand, Jr.
Update: On August 25, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here. “An adjudication is not the same as a…
Ohio Appellate Insights
What’s On Their Minds: Does a Recorded but Defectively Executed Mortgage Constitute Constructive Notice of an Encumbrance? In re: Daren A. Messer, Angela Messer, Debtors Daren Messer & Angela Messer v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA
Update: On February 16, 2016, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here. On October 14, 2015, the Supreme Court of…
Energy & Environmental Law Blog
Broadview Heights Activist Drilling Suit Dismissed
By Ilya Batikov
From Cleveland.com: A community activist group that opposes oil and gas wells in residential neighborhoods has lost another fight against Ohio and Gov. John Kasich. Mothers Against Drilling in Our…
Ohio Appellate Insights
Merit Decision: Suit against Landlord Sounds in Tort, Not Contract. Punitive Damages Cap Applies. Sivit v. Village Green of Beachwood, L.P.
Read what happened on remand in this case here and here. On April 2, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in Sivit v. Village Green of…
Ohio Appellate Insights
What’s On Their Minds: Liability of a School Bus Driver for Child Injured While Crossing the Street After the Bus Has Driven Away. Amber Sallee (A Minor) v. Stephanie Watts, et al.
Update: on April 23, 2015, this case was dismissed as improvidently accepted “Assuring that the child crosses the roadway to the residence side is, in your view, the operation of…