Supreme Court to hear four cases during Highland County session in October
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The Supreme Court of Ohio confirmed today the four cases it will hear in official session in Highland County on Wednesday, Oct. 19, as part of its semiannual Off-Site Court Program.
Oral arguments will be held before the seven Justices of the Supreme Court at 9 a.m. at the Highland County Courthouse, 105 N. High St., in Hillsboro. Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor will preside and be joined by Justices Paul E. Pfeifer, Evelyn Lundberg Stratton, Terrence O’Donnell, Judith Ann Lanzinger, Robert R. Cupp and Yvette McGee Brown.
The cases include: State v. Gunnell, Case No. 2010-1636 (Clark County); Jackson v. Bartec, Inc., Case No. 2011-0019 (Franklin County); State v. Johnson, Case No. 2011-0033 (Butler County); and State v. Dunn, Case No. 2011-0213 (Montgomery County). Click here <http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/Clerk/ecms/> to access court documents related to all four cases.
Chief Justice O’Connor said the four cases were selected either because of their legal concepts or their proximity to Highland County.
Initiated in 1987, the Off-Site Court Program enhances students’ understanding of the judiciary by providing an opportunity for hundreds of students to attend and observe the proceedings of the Supreme Court in person and to interact with justices, attorneys and court staff.
A home school group and students from Fairfield Local, Hillsboro, Lynchburg-Clay, McClain and Whiteoak high schools as well as Hillsboro Christian Academy will participate. The students and their teachers will receive curriculum material to study before the session, including summaries of the specific cases to be argued. Local attorneys will team with educators at each participating school to explain Ohio’s judicial system and review case materials.
On the morning of Oct. 19, students will attend a special briefing during which they may ask questions and interact with the justices. In addition, students will be assigned to attend one of the oral arguments. After the assigned case has been argued, students will meet with the case attorneys for a debriefing and discussion of the legal issues in the argument they just heard.
Chief Justice O’Connor said the Highland County session will mark the 62nd time the Supreme Court has heard oral arguments outside Columbus since the inception of the program.
Highland County Common Pleas Court Judge Rocky Coss extended a formal invitation to the Supreme Court.[[In-content Ad]]
Oral arguments will be held before the seven Justices of the Supreme Court at 9 a.m. at the Highland County Courthouse, 105 N. High St., in Hillsboro. Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor will preside and be joined by Justices Paul E. Pfeifer, Evelyn Lundberg Stratton, Terrence O’Donnell, Judith Ann Lanzinger, Robert R. Cupp and Yvette McGee Brown.
The cases include: State v. Gunnell, Case No. 2010-1636 (Clark County); Jackson v. Bartec, Inc., Case No. 2011-0019 (Franklin County); State v. Johnson, Case No. 2011-0033 (Butler County); and State v. Dunn, Case No. 2011-0213 (Montgomery County). Click here <http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/Clerk/ecms/> to access court documents related to all four cases.
Chief Justice O’Connor said the four cases were selected either because of their legal concepts or their proximity to Highland County.
Initiated in 1987, the Off-Site Court Program enhances students’ understanding of the judiciary by providing an opportunity for hundreds of students to attend and observe the proceedings of the Supreme Court in person and to interact with justices, attorneys and court staff.
A home school group and students from Fairfield Local, Hillsboro, Lynchburg-Clay, McClain and Whiteoak high schools as well as Hillsboro Christian Academy will participate. The students and their teachers will receive curriculum material to study before the session, including summaries of the specific cases to be argued. Local attorneys will team with educators at each participating school to explain Ohio’s judicial system and review case materials.
On the morning of Oct. 19, students will attend a special briefing during which they may ask questions and interact with the justices. In addition, students will be assigned to attend one of the oral arguments. After the assigned case has been argued, students will meet with the case attorneys for a debriefing and discussion of the legal issues in the argument they just heard.
Chief Justice O’Connor said the Highland County session will mark the 62nd time the Supreme Court has heard oral arguments outside Columbus since the inception of the program.
Highland County Common Pleas Court Judge Rocky Coss extended a formal invitation to the Supreme Court.[[In-content Ad]]