In the spring of 2020, Brooke Smith was an Ohio State University (OSU) senior taking her final classes to earn an undergraduate degree. She paid tuition, room and board, and seven other fees to Ohio State.
In the fight against Ohio Ballot Board language that reproductive rights groups say is deceptive, an attorney has asked the Ohio Supreme Court to order the full text of the proposed amendment to be used on November ballots.
As the 2023-24 school year is getting underway, education and court leaders have a new resource to help students and families overcome problems with school attendance and school participation.
A man convicted under an Ohio sex offender reporting law completed his 10-year registration requirements while living in Kentucky and did not have to start the reporting period over when he moved to Ohio, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled last week.
The city of Wickliffe’s fire chief retired and was rehired the next day to the same position. The Supreme Court of Ohio ruled that rehire violated state law.
Supreme Court of Ohio Chief Justice Sharon L. Kennedy has long championed the need for services and resources to help people return to society after they have been incarcerated. That advocacy was recently recognized.
There are new tools available to courts to help families resolve conflicts about parenting time and the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities.
A state-created association that assures property insurance is available in hard-to-serve urban areas is a “public office” and must make most of its records available to the public, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled this month.
The Ohio tax commissioner improperly taxed a company for five types of equipment used in blending water, chemicals and sand for the hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas deposits, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled this month.
The Ohio Board of Professional Conduct has filed five disciplinary case reports with the Supreme Court of Ohio, each recommending discipline for an Ohio attorney.
An Akron bar’s attempt to have a COVID-19 pandemic rule declared unconstitutional was rejected by the Supreme Court of Ohio this month. The Court found the rule is no longer in effect, and a similar rule is “not reasonably likely” to appear again.
The Ohio Supreme Court will hear arguments next month in a case regarding the indefinitely paused six-week abortion ban as it also decides whether to intervene in the November abortion ballot initiative process.
A broken courthouse candy machine triggered a series of events that brought a Richland County man’s murder conviction to the Supreme Court of Ohio. Nine months after the high court returned the case to an Ohio appeals court, the man’s life sentence has been affirmed.
A state law allowing prison officials to retain beyond their minimum terms offenders who violate laws or rules while incarcerated does not violate the constitutional rights of inmates, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled Wednesday.
