Court decisions from across the country have implications right here in Ohio. Here is a selection of recent cases, and why they matter.
In the case of State ex rel. Cleveland Assn. of Rescue Emps. v. Cleveland, 2022-Ohio-3043, the Appellate Court granted the union’s mandamus action brought against the city of Cleveland to compel the release of emails of certain city employees. Here, the union submitted a request to the city for the release of emails of certain […]
In the case of State ex rel. Ames v. Portage Count Board of Revision, 2022-Ohio-3003, the Appellate Court found that Appellant failed to establish that the Board violated the Open Meetings Act under R.C. 5715.02. Here, Appellant argues that the Board violated R.C. 5715.02 by allowing a non-board member to vote and participate in the […]
In the case of K.W. (Junior) v. Canton City Sch. Dist. N.D.Ohio No. 5:21-CV-02423, (Aug. 25, 2022), a federal district court held that (1) if true, a school board may be liable for failing to train, supervise, and monitor its coaches when the coaches forced a student to pork product contrary to the student’s religious […]
In the case of Boardman Ohio Parents Org. v. Boardman Local Schools, N.D.Ohio No. 4:21-cv-02184 (Aug. 25, 2022), a federal district court held that the parents could not sue the school board over the parents’ claims of potential harm to their children due to the board’s masking policy because the harms were merely speculative and […]
In the case of Guillard v. Pyle, S.D.Ohio No. 2:22-cv-1960 (Aug. 24, 2022), a federal district court magistrate judge liberally construed an amended complaint of a pro se mother and recommended that her claims against school district defendants to proceed beyond the pleading stage based upon the mother’s allegations that the school district defendants created […]
In the case of State ex. rel. Cassens Corp. v. Indus. Comm., 2022-Ohio-2936, the appellate court granted a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the Industrial Commission of Ohio to vacate its order finding that an employer had violated a specific safety requirement relating to an injury an employee sustained in a case […]
In the case of Ogletree v. Cleveland State University, N.D.Ohio No. 1:21-cv-00500, the Federal District Court found that Cleveland State violated a student’s Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches when Cleveland State scanned the student’s room prior to a test. Here, the student argued that Cleveland State’s room scan policy violated the student’s right to […]
In Conley v. Wapakoneta City School District Board of Education, the Appellate Court granted a board of education and 8th grade baseball coach political subdivision immunity under R.C. Chapter 2744 in a case where a baseball player on the team was hit in the face by an errant “hit stick” during a team practice. Here, […]