Dan Trevas
@dantrevas
Ohio Supreme Court public information staffer; Ohio State Bar Media Law member. Posts are not legal advice.
Court News Ohio occasionally posts videos of recent Ohio Supreme Court decisions. Here's one on the hot topic of apartment utility submetering. Watch the full video bit.ly/3TeW6HZ
Tomorrow, for a second time, the Ohio Supreme Court hears arguments by workers laid-off during the pandemic that Gov. DeWine illegally cut off an extra $300 a week in unemployment benefits 10 weeks before the federal program expired. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/previe...
Ohio Supreme Court is conducting oral arguments today and tomorrow. Tomorrow's case includes the question of whether a person resisting involuntary emergency hospitalization is committing a crime when trying to wriggle out of being handcuffed. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/previe...
ONDR and a fracking injection well operator have been in a legal battle for a decade over shutting down wells near Niles that caused small earthquake. The Ohio Supreme Court ruled there was no "taking" of the operation and the state owes the company nothing. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2026/S...
Ohio Supreme Court looks way back in time, 1856 case, to help resolve whether a Summit County business can claim property belonging to a railroad through "adverse possession." Court say no to this one. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/2026/S...
Interesting tax case before the Ohio Supreme Court today. An eastern Ohio timber farm paid $111,000 for a Mercedes SUV and claimed a tax emotion. The tax dept. says no, it's a luxury vehicle, not a farm implement. www.courtnewsohio.gov/cases/previe...
Oddly, Ohio has two definitions of "motor vehicle"- but only one that can be used for criminal cases. Guy flips his Polaris in Burgoon, Ohio, and his passenger's broke bones. But he can't be convicted of vehicular assault: Utility Vehicle Does Not Fit Charge for Vehicular Assault (courtnewsohio.gov)