12/29/2023
| Case Caption | Case No. | Topics and Issues | Author | Citation |
| 12/29/2023 Case Announcements | Merit decisions with opinions—Affidavits of disqualification. | |||
| Disciplinary Counsel v. Gaul | 2022-1515 | Judges—Misconduct—Violations of the Code of Judicial Conduct and the Rules of Professional Conduct—One-year suspension and immediate suspension from judicial office without pay for duration of disciplinary suspension. | Kennedy, C.J. | Slip Opinion No. 2023-Ohio-4751 |
| Disciplinary Counsel v. Bennett | 2023-0471 | Attorneys—Misconduct—Violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct—Conditionally stayed two-year suspension. | Per Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2023-Ohio-4752 |
| State v. Randolph | 2022-1082 | Criminal law—R.C. 2911.21—Criminal trespass—Property law—Landlords, tenants, tenants’ guests—A landlord or landlord’s agent, without first reserving authority to do so in lease agreement, may not prohibit a person from entering onto the property such that a tenant is prohibited from inviting that person onto the property—A landlord cedes possessory interests in leased property to the tenant such that the tenant may invite onto the property a person whom the owner has sought to ban from the premises, provided that no language to the contrary appears in lease agreement and preserves the landlord’s possessory interests—Court of appeals’ judgment affirmed. | Fischer, J. | Slip Opinion No. 2023-Ohio-4753 |