In the case of State ex rel. Mitchell v. Byrd, 2022-Ohio-2700, the Appellate Court dismissed Requestor’s request for a writ of mandamus to compel public records request pursuant to R.C. 149.43, the “Ohio Public Records Act”, holding that Requestor’s request was too burdensome and overbroad to require disclosure. A person will be entitled to a […]
In the case of State v. United States Department of Agriculture, twenty-two state Attorney Generals (“Plaintiffs”) filed suit against the Biden Administration (“Administration”) for the policy updates to the United States Department of Agriculture on discrimination claims on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation (“USDA Guidance”). In their lawsuit, Plaintiffs assert that the […]
On July 21, 2022, 2022 Am.Sub.H.B. No. 126 took effect, which limits a political subdivision from filing a property tax valuation complaint against property it does not own unless the property was sold within a certain timeframe and the sale price was at least 10% and $500,000 more than the auditor’s current valuation. So, for […]
In the case of Cleveland v. Communication Workers of Am., Local 4340, 2022-Ohio-2498, the appellate court held that an arbitration provision for resolving contract disputes in a collective bargaining agreement was valid and the Arbitrator’s award for retroactive payment did not exceed the Arbitrator’s authority. Here, the City of Cleveland argued that the parties’ contract […]
In the case of State v. Gonzales. 2022-Ohio-2433, the appellate court reversed a conviction for disrupting school activity due to the conviction being against the weight of the evidence where a father was asked to leave his daughters’ school and was accused of becoming angry and upset but video evidence showed no disturbance was caused. […]
In the case of Myers v. Boardman Local Sch. Dist. Bd. of Edn., N.D.Ohio No. 4:21-cv-2048 (July 11, 2022), a federal district court held that, considering the alleged facts most favorable to a mother and her son, sufficient facts were pled to alleged that a teacher violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and/or […]