02/17/2022
| Case Caption | Case No. | Topics and Issues | Author | Citation |
| 02/17/2022 Case Announcements | Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings. | |||
| Disciplinary Counsel v. Hillman (Slip Opinion) | 2021-0443 | Attorneys—Misconduct—Attorney violated the Rules of Professional Conduct, including Prof.Cond.R. 1.4(a)(3) (requiring an attorney to keep the client reasonably informed about the status of the client’s matter) and 3.4(d) (requiring an attorney to make a reasonably diligent effort to comply with a legally proper discovery request by an opposing party)—Two-year suspension imposed, stayed in its entirety on conditions. | Per Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2022-Ohio-447 |
| State ex rel. Cincinnati Enquirer v. Shanahan (Slip Opinion) | 2021-0047 and 2021-0169 | Mandamus—Prohibition—Writs sought to compel a judge to grant full access to documents filed in a lawsuit brought by a police officer and to prevent the judge from continuing to permit the police officer to proceed with the lawsuit under a pseudonym—Writs granted. | Stewart, J. | Slip Opinion No. 2022-Ohio-448 |
| Karr v. McClain (Slip Opinion) | 2021-0457 | Taxation—Use taxes—Tax penalties—R.C. 5739.13(A)—Tax commissioner has discretion whether to impose a penalty for unpaid taxes—Abatement of a penalty is clearly erroneous when there is no basis for finding that the tax commissioner acted arbitrarily or unconscionably—Board of Tax Appeals’ decision abating penalty reversed. | Per Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2022-Ohio-449 |