04/06/2022

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04/06/2022 Case Announcements  Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Miscellaneous orders.  
M.R. v. Niesen 2020-1131Mootness—Temporary restraining orders—Civ.R. 65(A)—It is this court’s duty to decide only actual controversies between parties legitimately affected by specific facts—Because the temporary restraining order at issue was no longer in effect, the appeal of the order was moot—For purposes of the exception to the mootness doctrine for issues that are capable of repetition yet evading review, it is not enough for an issue to be capable of repetition between some parties; the issue must be capable of repetition between the same parties—Cause dismissed as moot.DeWine, J.Slip Opinion No. 2022-Ohio-1130