03/24/2022
| Case Caption | Case No. | Topics and Issues | Author | Citation |
| 03/24/2022 Case Announcements | Merit decisions with opinions—Affidavits of disqualification—Motion and procedural rulings. | |||
| French v. Ascent Resources-Utica, L.L.C. (Slip Opinion) | 2021-0166 | Property law—Contracts—R.C. 2711.01(B)(1)—An action seeking a determination that an oil and gas lease has expired by its own terms is a controversy involving the title to or the possession of real estate and, under R.C. 2711.01(B)(1), is not subject to arbitration—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and cause remanded. | Kennedy, J. | Slip Opinion No. 2022-Ohio-869 |
| Disciplinary Counsel v. Darling (Slip Opinion) | 2021-1232 | Attorneys—Misconduct—Violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct, including failure to safeguard a client’s settlement funds and making false statements to his client about the status of those funds, misdemeanor theft conviction for passing bad checks, and dishonest conduct during the ensuing disciplinary proceedings—Indefinite suspension from the practice of law. | Per Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2022-Ohio-870 |
| Fonzi v. Brown (Slip Opinion) | 2020-0773 and 2020-0861 | Dormant Mineral Act—Abandonment process and required notice to holders of mineral interests—Dormant Mineral Act establishes a single, comprehensive method for surface owners to unify their land with subterranean mineral interests through abandonment—Surface owners did not exercise reasonable diligence when they failed to search public records beyond the county where the mineral interests were located, despite having knowledge that the mineral-interest holder did not reside in that county when the mineral-interest reservation was made. | Fischer, J. | Slip Opinion No. 2022-Ohio-901 |