01/24/2024

Case Caption Case No. Topics and Issues Author Citation
01/24/2024 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions—Merit decisions without opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Appeals accepted for review—Appeals not accepted for review.  
01/24/2024 Case Announcements #2  Motion and procedural rulings.  
State ex rel. AWMS Water Solutions, L.L.C. v. Mertz 2023-0125Oil and gas—Regulatory takings—Court of appeals did not comply with remand order to weigh parties’ evidence in deciding whether state’s suspension of operations at private company’s saltwater-injection well constituted a total or partial government taking of property—Court of appeals violated law-of-the-case doctrine by deciding that a private company lacks a cognizable property interest in its leasehold right to operate saltwater-injection well—Judgment reversed and cause remanded.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-200
State ex rel. Edward Smith Corp. v. Marsh 2023-0711Prohibition—Inmate’s complaint fails to contain a short and plain statement of a claim showing that he is entitled to writ—Court of appeals’ dismissal of complaint affirmed.Per CuriamSlip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-201