Feb 22, 2012 07:08AM

Dispute Between Property Owner and Utility Over Easement Must Be Settled by Court, Not Public Utilities Commission

In a 7-0 decision announced today, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled that a legal dispute between a Boardman family and the Ohio Edison electric company over the proximity of two structures on the couple?s property to the company?s overhead power lines must be resolved through the local courts, rather than through a complaint proceeding before the state public utilities commission.

Feb 22, 2012 07:08AM

Supreme Court Rules Disorderly Conduct Law Barring 'Unreasonable Noise' Is Not Unconstitutionally Vague

The Supreme Court of Ohio held today that a provision in the state?s disorderly conduct statute, R.C. 2917.11(A)(2), that prohibits ?recklessly causing inconvenience, annoyance or alarm to another by ... making excessive noise? provides sufficient notice for a person of ordinary intelligence to understand what the law requires, and therefore is not unconstitutionally vague.

Feb 21, 2012 08:10AM

Court Rules 2010 Bodyke Decision Did Not Eliminate Judicial Review of 'Adam Walsh Act' Sex Offender Classifications

The Supreme Court of Ohio held today that its 2010 decision in State v. Bodyke, which invalidated part of the Ohio Adam Walsh Act (AWA) as unconstitutional, did not invalidate the statutory petition process by which a sex offender may seek judicial review of his classification.