09/06/2023
| Case Caption | Case No. | Topics and Issues | Author | Citation |
| State ex rel. Griffin v. Szoke | 2022-1523 | Mandamus—Public-records requests—Requested records have been provided—Inmate failed to clearly and convincingly show that warden’s assistant failed to fulfill his duties under Public Records Act—Request for writ denied as moot and request for statutory damages denied on merits. | Per Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2023-Ohio-3096 |
| AJZ Hauling, L.L.C. v. TruNorth Warranty Program of N. Am. | 2022-0750 | Civil law—Res judicata—Issue preclusion (i.e., collateral estoppel)—Parties are precluded from relitigating in a second lawsuit the validity, enforceability, and applicability of warranty’s arbitration provision when trial court issued final, appealable order on same issue in initial lawsuit in which parties were afforded full and fair opportunity to litigate issue and did not appeal from that order or challenge it in a Civ.R. 60(B) motion—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and cause remanded to trial court. | Fischer, J. | Slip Opinion No. 2023-Ohio-3097 |
| State ex rel. Smith v. Triggs | 2022-1632 | Prohibition—Appellant had adequate remedy in ordinary course of law, and trial court did not patently and unambiguously lack subject-matter jurisdiction over appellant’s criminal case—Court of appeals’ judgment dismissing appellant’s petition affirmed. | Per Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2023-Ohio-3098 |
| Disciplinary Counsel v. Romer | 2023-0469 | Attorneys—Misconduct—Violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct, including committing an illegal act that reflects adversely on lawyer’s honesty or trustworthiness and engaging in conduct that adversely reflects on lawyer’s fitness to practice law—Indefinite suspension, with no credit for time served under interim felony suspension. | Per Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2023-Ohio-3099 |
| 09/06/2023 Case Announcements | Merit decisions with opinions—Merit decisions without opinions—Motion and procedural rulings—Appeals not accepted for review. |