In the case of Columbus City Schools Bd. of Edn. v. Franklin Cty. Bd. of Revision, 2022-Ohio-355, the Ohio Tenth District Court of Appeals held that, in an action brought by a school board seeking increases in the taxable value of certain properties, the Ohio Board of Tax Appeals (“BTA”) erred in rejecting the valuation […]
In the case of Brady v. Youngstown State Univ., 2022-Ohio-353, the Ohio Tenth District Court of Appeals held that the trial court’s dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction of an employee’s administrative appeal from the State Personnel Board of Review (“SPBR”) regarding the employer’s decision to rescind the elimination of the employee’s position, which […]
In the case of Volny v. Portage Cty., 2022-Ohio-338, the Ohio Eleventh District Court of Appeals held that the trial court did not err in denying a county’s governmental immunity-based motion for summary judgment in an action brought by motorcyclists who were injured in an accident on a road that was under construction. Here, the […]
In the case of State ex rel. Ames v. Portage Cty. Bd. of Commrs., 2022-Ohio-336, the Ohio Eleventh District Court of Appeals denied a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel a county board of commissioners to conduct all business in open meetings, except for properly called executive sessions, alleging that the board violated […]
In the case of Stachura v. Toledo, 2022-Ohio-345, the Ohio Sixth District Court of Appeals held that in a firefighter’s discrimination and retaliation action against the city, the trial court erred in ruling in the city’s favor because the firefighter’s exhibit documenting incidents of discrimination was incorrectly excluded as hearsay. Here, the city argued that […]
In the case of League of Women Voters of Ohio v. Ohio Redistricting Comm., 2022-Ohio-342 (“League II”), the Ohio Supreme Court invalidated the General Assembly’s approved redistricting plan for not meeting the standards set forth in Article XI, Sections 6(A) and 6(B), of the Ohio Constitution, which requires a plan that is proportional and does not favor […]