| Case Name |
Case No. |
Topics and Issues |
Author |
Journalized |
 Lansky v. Ciaravino |
90073 |
Summary judgment; defamation; public official; actual malice; reckless disregard; clear and convincing evidence; self-serving affidavit. |
Celebrezze |
6/2/2008 |
| State v. Alexander |
90065 |
motion to suppress, reliability of informant, reasonable suspicion, good faith exception to exclusionary rule. |
McMonagle |
6/2/2008 |
| State v. Hobbs |
90057 |
driving under the influence, prior convictions, enhancement, consecutive sentence, more-than-the-minimum sentence. |
McMonagle |
6/2/2008 |
| State v. Taylor |
90044 |
Manifest weight of the evidence; domestic violence; not guilty verdict on felonious assault with a deadly weapon. |
Sweeney |
6/2/2008 |
| State v. Hidvegi |
90014 |
Admission of certified medical records; consistency of sentence. |
Sweeney |
6/2/2008 |
| State v. Fears |
89989 |
Abuse of discretion; Evid.R. 104; Evid.R. 402; Evid.R. 403(A); Evid.R. 404(A)(1); cross examination; character evidence; harmless error; gross sexual imposition; plain error; prosecutorial misconduct; closing argument; State v. Foster; R.C. 2929.12. |
Celebrezze |
6/2/2008 |
| State v. Yaacov |
89980 |
Sentence contrary to law; State v. Foster; R.C. 2929.11; R.C. 2929.12; consistency in sentencing; ex post facto clause. |
Celebrezze |
6/2/2008 |
| O'Brien v. Olmsted Falls |
89966 and 90336 |
spoliation of evidence; immunity; R.C. 2744.03; summary judgment; affirmative defense; waiver; malicious prosecution; civil aiding and abetting; civil conspiracy. |
Gallagher |
6/2/2008 |
| Preferred Capital, Inc. v. Check Mate Priority Servs. |
89894 |
Dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction, forum-selection clauses, doctrine of full faith and credit, notice, void judgment. |
McMonagle |
6/2/2008 |
| McLaughlin v. Cuyahoga Cty. Dept. of Children & Family Servs. |
89690 |
Amended complaint; summary judgment; unsupported allegations; political subdivision; immunity; R.C. 2305.19(A); R.C. 2744 et seq. |
Celebrezze |
6/2/2008 |
| Cleveland v. State |
89486 and 89565 |
Residency requirement; home rule amendment; constitutionality; general welfare; statewide concern; general law; local self-government; Uniformity Clause; “extraterritorial effects”; Canton test; summary judgment; R.C. 9.481; Section 7, Article XVIII; Section 3, Article XVIII; Section 34, Article II; Cleveland City Charter, Section 74. |
Celebrezze |
6/2/2008 |
| Obukhoff v. Case W. Res. Univ. |
90096 and 90271 |
FINAL APPEALABLE ORDER; DECLARATORY JUDGMENT; CONTRACT. |
Cooney |
6/2/2008 |