In Sharper Focus: Recovery for Recreational Activities.
We Americans love sports. So it is no surprise that tort law has developed immunities for those engaging in sporting activities. The recently argued case of Smith v. Landfair involved the...
View ArticleIn Sharper Focus: The Courts Shall be Open.
In the recently-argued case of Rayess v. Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, 2011-1933 the Ohio Supreme Court permitted most of the documents in the case to be filed under seal....
View ArticleIn Sharper Focus: A Class Action Primer.
On February 6, 2013, and then again on February 26, the Supreme Court of Ohio is going to hear two cases involving significant class action issues. To that end, blog student contributor Greg Kendall...
View ArticleIn Sharper Focus. Guest Post on the Issues Raised in Freshwater v. Mount...
On February 27, 2013, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard the case of Freshwater v. Mount Vernon City School District Board of Education, which involved the firing of an eighth grade public school science...
View ArticleIn Sharper Focus: Confrontation Clause Jurisprudence-Testimonial and...
This post is meant as a companion piece to better understand the merit decision in State v. Clark, posted here. Federal Precedent In 2004, in Crawford v. Washington, a landmark opinion of the U.S....
View ArticleIn Sharper Focus. Student Scholarship: The Davis Good Faith Exception to the...
As previously posted, on September 24, 2014, the Supreme Court of Ohio is hearing oral argument in the case of State of Ohio v. Sudinia Johnson, 2013-1973. At issue in this case is whether, in the...
View ArticleIn Sharper Focus: Finding Greater Protection under the Ohio Constitution for...
This In Sharper Focus post is a supplement to the blog’s preview of the case of State of Ohio v. Terrance Brown, 2014-0104. In reversing the trial court’s denial of the defendant’s motion to suppress...
View ArticleGuest Post: In Sharper Focus: Overview of Federal Immigration Law.
This In Sharper Focus Guest Post by Cleveland attorney Harlan D. Karp is a verbatim reproduction of part of the amicus brief of Concerned Ohio Immigration Attorneys authored by Karp with the help of...
View ArticleIn Sharper Focus: Guest Post on the Intersection of Bankruptcy Law and Ohio’s...
On October 14, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of In re: Daren A. Messer, Angela Messer, Debtors Daren Messer & Angela Messer v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA, Case Number...
View ArticleGuest Post. In Sharper Focus: Standing in Ohio Courts: Divergence From and...
*This guest post was co-authored by Professor Michael Solimine and Kristen Elia. Professor Solimine is the Donald P. Klekamp Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati College of Law. He has...
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