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List of justices of the Ohio Supreme Court. Bold indicates chief judge or chief justice. The Ohio Supreme Court was created by the Ohio Constitution of 1802 with three judges, and had three or four through 1851. In 1851, the number of judges was increased to five.
Standing from left: Justice Jennifer Brunner, Justice Michael P. Donnelly, Justice Melody J. Stewart, and Justice Joseph T. Deters. The Supreme Court of Ohio is established by Article IV, Section 1, of the Ohio Constitution.
The Supreme Court of the State of Ohio is the highest court in the U.S. state of Ohio, with final authority over interpretations of Ohio law and the Ohio Constitution. The court has seven members, a chief justice and six associate justices, who are elected at large by the voters of Ohio for six-year terms. The court has a total of 1,550 other ...
The following chart indicates each Supreme Court term since the modern position of chief justice was created with the appointment of Chief Justice Hugh L. Nichols on Sept. 22, 1913. The names highlighted in bold represent the year the justice was sworn into office for a new, full six-year term.
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The Ohio Supreme Court is the court of last resort in the state. It has appellate jurisdiction in cases regarding the state or national constitution, cases of great public or general interest, cases originating in the courts of appeals, relating to conflicting opinions in the appellate courts, and involving the death penalty. It may also review cer...
The table below lists the current justices of the Ohio Supreme Court, their political party, and when they assumed office.
The table below details the number of cases filed with the court and the number of dispositions the court reached annually.
Ballotpedia Courts: Determiners and Dissenters
1. 1.1. See also: Ballotpedia Courts: Determiners and Dissenters In 2020, Ballotpedia published Ballotpedia Courts: Determiners and Dissenters, a study on how state supreme court justices decided the cases that came before them. Our goal was to determine which justices ruled together most often, which frequently dissented, and which courts featured the most unanimous or contentious decisions. The study tracked the position taken by each state supreme court justice in every case they decided i...
Ballotpedia Courts: State Partisanship
1. 1.1. See also: Ballotpedia Courts: State Partisanship Last updated: June 15, 2020 In 2020, Ballotpedia published Ballotpedia Courts: State Partisanship, a study examining the partisan affiliation of all state supreme court justices in the country as of June 15, 2020. The study presented Confidence Scores that represented our confidence in each justice's degree of partisan affiliation, based on a variety of factors. This was not a measure of where a justice fell on the political or ideologi...
Bonica and Woodruff campaign finance scores
1. See also: Bonica and Woodruff campaign finance scores of state supreme court justices, 2012 In October 2012, political science professors Adam Bonica and Michael Woodruff of Stanford University attempted to determine the partisan outlook of state supreme court justices in their paper, "State Supreme Court Ideology and 'New Style' Judicial Campaigns." A score above 0 indicated a more conservative-leaning ideology while scores below 0 were more liberal. The state Supreme Court of Ohio was gi...
The Ohio Code of Judicial Conduct sets forth ethical guidelines and principles for the conduct of judges and judicial candidates in Ohio. It consists of four overarching canons: 1. Canon 1:A judge shall uphold and promote the independence, integrity, and impartiality of the judiciary and shall avoid impropriety and the appearance of impropriety. 2....
Ohio was a part of the Northwest Territory from 1787-1803, along with parts of Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. The government structure of the Northwest Territory included a governor and three judges in a supreme court, all appointed by the U.S. president. The three judges also constituted the legislature under the 1787 North...
A state government trifectais a term that describes single-party government, when one political party holds the governor's office and has majorities in both chambers of the legislature in a state government. A state supreme court plays a role in the checks and balances system of a state government. Ohio has a Republican trifecta. The Republican Par...
Article IV, Section 2, of the Constitution sets the size of the Court at seven – a Chief Justice and six Justices – and outlines the jurisdiction of the Court. The Supreme Court is the court of last resort in Ohio. Most of its cases are appeals from the 12 district courts of appeals.
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Feb 12, 2015 · The Supreme Court of Ohio is the state court of last resort and is made up of seven elected justices, one of whom is the chief justice. The Supreme Court of Ohio has some discretion to decide which cases it will take on appeal and which ones it will not hear.