Posts Tagged ‘Courts’
ACLU to Address Capital Punishment at Annual Meeting
What: The Northwest Chapter of the ACLU of Ohio 2011 annual dinner will feature a discussion entitled “Capital Crisis: The Death Penalty in Ohio,” led by criminal defense attorney and death penalty abolitionist Jeff Gamso, of Gamso, Helmick & Hoolahan. The chapter will honor the grassroots ONE Bowling Green coalition for its work to protect [...]
Judge Katz final order dismissing consent decree
In 1972, black and Hispanic firefighter applicants sued the city of Toledo, Ohio, a similar case was filed on behalf of police applicants. The City of Toledo entered into a consent decree to establish non-discrimintary hiring criteria for the police and fire department and to integrate the police department workforce as the result of a lawsuit [...]
ACLU: Prisons for Profit Will Be Costly
The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio released a new report today titled “Prisons for Profit: A look at private prisons” that explores the negative impacts prison privatization has brought to other states. The report is a compilation of scholarly studies, government reports, and stories from communities that have experienced the negative [...]
Former Ohio Supreme Court Justice Francis E. Sweeney Sr. dies
Former Ohio Supreme Court Justice Francis E. Sweeney Sr., author of the first ruling that declared Ohio's school funding system as unconstitutional, died last night at the age of 77. He served two terms on the court, from 1993 until 2004. Until last year, he continued serving as a retired assigned judge in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas [...]
Force in Enforcement
I did not realize how much money was owed to children in the State of Ohio until I started researching my column that's in the April 10 Toledo Free Press. Link The raw numbers as of February 2011: # of Non-Custodial Parents (NCPs) with Arrears * 459,819 # of Cases with Arrears* 605,072 # of those Cases in Default** 529,844 Total [...]
Blade story raises answerable questions about election
The Nov. 2 election between Toledo City Councilman George Sarantou and then-Sylvania Trustee Carol Contrada for a Lucas County Commissioner spot is final from a legal standpoint. Sarantou and his legal team dismissed the Contest of Election suit they had filed to challenge the results of the election on Feb. 3; to many, that ended the saga. [...]
Judge halts Wisconsin collective bargaining law
Earlier today it was reported that a Wisconsin judge issued a temporary restraining order preventing the recently passed collective bargaining law in Wisconsin from being implemented. One of the first sources to report this was Wisconsin State Journal. Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi's decision was made soon after hearing arguments from [...]
McClelland appointed as Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge
COLUMBUS – Today Gov. John R. Kasich appointed Robert C. McClelland of Shaker Heights (Cuyahoga Co.) to serve as Judge of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. McClelland will assume office on March 28, 2011 and must run in November 2012 in order to serve out the remainder of the unexpired term ending January 5, 2015. McClelland earned [...]
Municipal Judicial Candidate deadline for local Dem endorsement
Municipal Judicial Candidates seeking endorsement by the Lucas County Democratic Party can pick up their application at Lucas County Democratic Headquarters located at 1817 Madison Avenue Toledo Oh 43604. According to Ron Ron Rothenbuhler, party chairman, applications must be returned no later than Friday, March 18 at 4 p.m.
Fedor on Lawsuit to Avoid Future Statehouse Lock Out
Columbus – State Representative Teresa Fedor (D-Toledo) issued the following statement regarding the filing of a lawsuit in Franklin County Common Pleas Court this afternoon to ensure citizens are not denied access to the Ohio Statehouse in the future. “This is about a fundamental American right: the right to petition the government . In a [...]