10/17/2024
| Case Caption | Case No. | Topics and Issues | Author | Citation |
| State ex rel. Brown v. Columbiana Cty. Jail | 2023-1218 | Mandamus—Public-records requests—County jail is not a person or office capable of being sued or responsible for public records—Records held by private jail administrators, which maintained quasi-agency relationship with sheriff’s office, are public records—Sheriff’s office has clear legal duty to obtain from private jail administrators and produce records responsive to inmate’s public-records requests—Limited writ granted, ordering sheriff’s office to obtain and disclose to inmate any additional public records responsive to his requests or else certify that no additional responsive records exist. | Per Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-4969 |
| Lorain Cty. Bar Assn. v. Walton | 2024-1107 | Attorneys—Misconduct—Violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct, including failing to inform client of potential entitlement to refund of fees paid if representation not completed, failing to inform client of lack of professional-liability insurance, and failing to deposit advance legal fees in client trust account and to withdraw those fees only as earned or expenses incurred—Eighteen-month suspension fully stayed on conditions, to commence after attorney’s license has been restored to active status from current suspension. | Per Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-4975 |
| State ex rel. Hunter v. Goldberg | 2024-0205 | Mandamus—Supersedeas—Posting of bonds—Relator cannot show a right to a writ of mandamus or supersedeas to stay a judgment until she posts a bond and bond is approved by court—Writs denied. | Per Curiam | Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-4970 |
| 10/17/2024 Case Announcements | Merit decisions with opinions—Motion and procedural rulings. |