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The Franklin County common pleas court lacked subject matter jurisdiction of appellant's appeal of an order revoking his real estate license where he resided, and his business was located, in Cuyahoga County.
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DAYTON -- Dayton's prospects for a $200 million racino got a big boost Wednesday when a Franklin County judge threw out a lawsuit challenging the legal framework for operating slot machines in Ohio. Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Timothy Horton ruled that the conservative anti-gambling Ohio Roundtable organization did not have legal standing to bring the suit.
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COLUMBUS -- A nonprofit organization and seven current and retired state prison employees filed suit Thursday against Gov. John Kasich and other state officials, seeking a court order to halt efforts to sell five state prisons, privatize their operations and lay off state prison workers. The left-leaning ProgressOhio and the other plaintiffs contend the legislation that enabled the privatizations violates the Ohio Constitution because it improperly prevented voters from calling a referendum and joins public and private property rights. The lawsuit in Franklin County Common Pleas Court also said the prison privatization was unconstitutionally sandwiched into a 4,800-page appropriations bill.
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[Gary James] didn't have any proven record of wage earning prior to his incarceration. His lost wage component of the settlement was not nearly as strong as [Tim Howard]'s," said James' attorney, James Owen. "In addition, he did not have the extensive legal fees that Tim had. Howard actually had to go to trial in Franklin County Common Pleas Court to get a ruling of factual innocence even after a judge, former Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge Michael Watson, threw out James' and Howard's convictions in the robbery/murder due to the fact that police hid evidence of their innocence from defense attorneys. "I don't think it's a victory for justice," Owen said. "The fact that Gary spent nearly 27 years in prison, and a considerable period on death row, shows that justice is not pe...
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A lawsuit filed by Ohio Roundtable on Friday aims to stop the Kasich administration's plan to allow slot machines at horse racing tracks. It is not clear how the suit will impact plans to build a track in Dayton or move Lebanon Raceway. The suit, filed in Franklin County Common Pleas Court, claims the operation of slot machines at racetracks violates a 1973 amendment to the Ohio Constitution.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - A judge who wears dresses has rendered a verdict on the airy staircase with glass steps at the new county courthouse: She plans to take the elevators. Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Julie Lynch said the stairs have the potential to draw peeping from below. She said people who wear dresses, skirts and kilts should know about the risk.
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COLUMBUS -- The Ohio Board of Nursing must reconsider the fate of the Miami-Jacobs Career College nursing program after a judge ruled statements made by a state lawmaker and students may have swayed the board's decision to revoke approval of the program. Richard A. Frye, Franklin County Common Pleas Court judge, found in a 12-page opinion that while considering whether to continue conditional program approval, the nursing board violated the open meetings law and Miami-Jacobs' right to due process.
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COLUMBUS -- The state's top Democrats have made clear their choice to become the next chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court. That person is Judge Eric Brown, a Democrat serving in Franklin County Common Pleas Court. He's running against Republican Maureen O'Connor, the top vote-getter among all candidates in the 2008 general election.
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Decision and judgment entry. Third-party defendants motion for summary judgment granted and judgment rendered in favor of third-party defendant. Case remanded to the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.
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COLUMBUS -- The Ohio Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to take up a case over the statewide indoor smoking ban that voters passed in 2006 and answer the question of whether health department officials overstepped their bounds when they cited a Columbus bar for violating the ban. The Ohio Department of Health sued Zeno's Victorian Village in Columbus, which is represented by the 1851 Center for Constitutional Law, over its violations of the ban. Zeno's then countersued. Last year, the Franklin County Common Pleas Court sided with the bar, but then the 10th District Court of Appeals ruled 3-0 in favor of the state.
