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What Happened on Remand: A Couple of Zoning Cases.
Moore v. Middletown In 2012, in Clifton v. v. Blanchester, 2012-Ohio-780, the Supreme Court of Ohio held that a property owner outside the corporate limits of the village involved could…
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What Happened on Remand: State v. Lalain. From Lots of Restitution to None.
Case Background Daniel Lalain worked as an engineer for Aero-Instruments, a Cleveland company that designed aviation and aerospace components. Lalain resigned suddenly, and took with him numerous documents and copies…
Ohio Appellate Insights
Informal Summer Recess
While the Supreme Court of Ohio doesn’t have an official summer recess, it has finished hearing oral arguments until August 19. These are the cases that have been covered on…
Ohio Appellate Insights
Guest Post: Which branch calls the shots on sealing criminal records? State v. Radcliff and the rapidly evolving world of record sealing.
This guest post summarizes the spate of cases and statutes on judicial record sealing. It is written by Priya Walia and Stephen JohnsonGrove. Priya Walia is a rising 2L at…
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Ohio Aims to Boost Criminal Penalties for State Water Pollution Violations
Ohio Governor Kasich’s recently-introduced Mid-Biennium Budget Review Environment bill (HB 490) would revise R.C. § 6111.99 to significantly increase criminal penalties for violations of Ohio’s water pollution laws. Under current Ohio…
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Court Dismisses Appeal over Proper Consideration of Military-Service Related Disabilities When Sentencing Veterans. State v. Belew.
On July 10, 2014, by a vote of 4-3, the Supreme Court of Ohio dismissed State v. Belew, 2014-Ohio-2964 as improvidently accepted. The issue in the appeal was whether the…
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Merit Decision: The Interplay between Statutes of Limitations and Statutes of Repose in Claims Accrued Before Enactment of Statutes of Repose. Oaktree Condominium Assn., Inc. v. Hallmark Bldg. Co.
On May 14, 2014 the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in Oaktree Condominium Assn., Inc. v. Hallmark Bldg. Co. 2014-Ohio-1937. In a 4-3 decision written by Justice O’Neill,…
Banking & Finance Law Report
Ohio Supreme Court to Address Issues Arising in Schwartzwald’s Wake
By Matt Moberg
As all professionals whose business involves the prosecution of foreclosures in Ohio almost certainly know by now, the Ohio Supreme Court’s decision in Fed. Home Loan Mortg. Corp. v. Schwartzwald1…
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Merit Decision: Court Makes Domestic Violence Convictions Easier. State v. McGlothan.
On January 16, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio issued a merit decision in State v. McGlothan, 2014-Ohio-85. In a 4-3 decision written by Justice O’Donnell, for himself, Chief Justice…
Employer Law Report
Ohio Supreme Court Holds A Public Teacher Shall Not Disobey a School Board’s Directive Not To Display Religious Materials in the Classroom
This week, the Ohio Supreme Court issued a sharply divided 4-3 opinion in Freshwater v. Mt. Vernon City School Dist. Bd. of Edn., Slip Opinion No. 2013-Ohio-5000(Nov. 19, 2013), which…