Tenth District: no jurisdiction over appeal from denial of motion for reconsideration

The reason being, of course, that motions for reconsideration of a final judgment simply don't exist under the Civil Rules. Denials of motions for reconsideration therefore can't be final orders, and the court of appeals has no jurisdiction over appeals from non-final orders.

But there is a lot more going on in this case.

More on Belton, Aalim, and disqualifications

In an earlier post I promised more on Belton, Aalim, and related issues. In particular, I want to discuss how the Court, and in particular new Justices Patrick Fischer and Pat DeWine, are handling some unusual procedural issues.

Supreme Court case announcements, 3/15/17

The Court has accepted six new cases for review.

Poor Thomas Warren

At first glance Tom Warren might not be an obvious candidate for your sympathy. He's a partner at Baker Hostetler, where he's the leader of its appellate defense group. Graduate of Harvard College and Stanford Law, former federal prosecutor, adjunct professor at three law schools...

Supreme Court case announcements, 2/22/17

The Supreme Court has announced the acceptance of five new cases (though only three were placed on the active docket). All five cases involve review of decisions from the Eighth District.

What authority does the Clerk of Courts have to reject a filing?

Not as much as some clerks seem to think, says the Fifth District in State ex rel. Kess v. Antonoplos.

Brief filed: Stewart v. Vivian

Today we filed our reply brief in the Ohio Supreme Court on behalf of the appellant in Stewart v. Vivian. You can read the brief here.

Stewart relates to the proper interpretation of section 2317.43 of the Revised Code. The docket is here. Our merits brief was filed in November, and the appellee's brief was filed last month.

The case is scheduled for argument on Thursday, April 6.