Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2010

2008-0390. Toledo Bar Assn. v. Weisberg, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-142.
On Certified Report by the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline, No. 07-077. Joseph D. Weisberg, Attorney Registration No. 0001441, is suspended from the practice of law in Ohio for two years, with no credit for time served under the interim suspension imposed on March 26, 2007, but with the suspension stayed on condition of a two-year monitored probation.
Moyer, C.J., and Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O'Connor, O'Donnell, Lanzinger, and Cupp, JJ., concur.
Opinion: http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2010/2010-Ohio-142.pdf

2008-2037. State v. Williams, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-147.
Cuyahoga App. No. 89726, 2008-Ohio-5286. Judgment of the court of appeals reversed in part, and cause remanded to the trial court.
Moyer, C.J., and Lundberg Stratton and O'Connor, JJ., concur.
Cupp, J., concurs in judgment only.
Lanzinger, J., concurs in part and dissents in part.
Pfeifer, J., dissents.
Opinion: http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2010/2010-Ohio-147.pdf
Summary: Court Rules Felonious Assault, Attempted Murder Are ‘Allied Offenses’ Subject to Single Sentence

2009-0609. Am. Booksellers Found. for Free Expression v. Cordray, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-149.
Certified Questions of State Law, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Nos. 07-4375 and 07-4376. Certified questions answered in the affirmative.
Moyer, C.J., and Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O'Connor, O'Donnell, Lanzinger, and Cupp, JJ., concur.
Opinion: http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2010/2010-Ohio-149.pdf
Summary: Court Agrees With AG’s Reading of Law Banning Electronic Transmission of Pornography to Minors

2009-1640. Ohio State Bar Assn. v. Am. Foreclosure Specialists, L.L.C., Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-148.
On Final Report by the Board on the Unauthorized Practice of Law, No. UPL 08-02. Consent decree in which American Foreclosure Specialists, L.L.C., is enjoined from acts constituting the practice of law is approved.
Moyer, C.J., and Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O'Connor, O'Donnell, Lanzinger, and Cupp, JJ., concur.
Opinion: http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2010/2010-Ohio-148.pdf

2009-1645. Ohio State Bar Assn. v. United Fin. Sys. Corp., Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-143.
On Final Report by the Board on the Unauthorized Practice of Law, No. UPL 09-02. Consent decree in which United Financial Systems Corporation is enjoined from acts constituting the practice of law is approved.
Moyer, C.J., and Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O'Connor, O'Donnell, Lanzinger, and Cupp, JJ., concur.
Opinion: http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2010/2010-Ohio-143.pdf