In the case of State ex rel. Pinkston v. Delaware Cty. Bd. of Elections, Slip Opinion No. 2023-Ohio-1060, the Ohio Supreme Court held that (1) the doctrine of laches did not apply when the citizen waited fourteen days to file suit to compel the board of elections to put the rezoning referendum on the ballot, […]
In the case of Krites v. Wayne Cty. Career Ctr. Bd. of Edn., N.D.Ohio No. 5:21CV891 (Mar. 30, 2023), a federal district court held that an employee had neither a procedural nor substantive due process claim against a school board and its superintendent due to the employee’s long-term substitute license being voided by the Ohio […]
In the case of Coventry Courts, L.L.C. v. Cuyahoga Cty., 2023-Ohio-1037, an appellate court held that (1) a county has sovereign immunity against fraud claims pursuant to R.C. Chapter 2744 when the county is performing a governmental function, such as collecting taxes, (2) taxpayers have a claim for the illegal collection of taxes under R.C. […]
On April 6, 2023, the Ohio Department of Education (“ODE”) will issue a nonrenewable, two-year temporary educator license to an individual with an expired professional teacher’s certificate or a professional educator license pursuant to H.B. 554. To qualify, an individual cannot have any disciplinary sanctions on the expired certificate or license. A temporary license is […]
In the case of Kubala v. Smith, 2023-Ohio-991, an appellate court held that a manager’s sexual harassment towards the engineer, if true, could qualify as an exception to the statutory immunity protections provided in R.C. 2744.03. In this case, the engineer argued that (1) the manager acted outside of the scope of the manager’s employment […]
In the case of State ex rel. Richardson v. Growdy, Slip Opinion No. 2023-Ohio-976, the Ohio Supreme Court denied a citizen’s request to compel a new city council president to either appoint a clerk-of-council to certify a recall petition for the recall of an elective officer or certify the recall petition pursuant to R.C. 705.92 […]