Ohio lags behind other states in denying legal standing to unmarried, non-biological parents. Many states have abandoned biological interpretations of “parent” in shared parenting statutes, while others...
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Feb 7, 2023
Coopwood v. County of Wayne (amicus)
Status: Won appeal
The Michigan District Court held that a prisoner’s lack of cognitive capacity to access the grievance process does not make it unavailable, and so it dismissed her PRLA lawsuit for failure to exhaust. The...
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Nov 7, 2022
Preterm-Cleveland, et al. v. Yost, et al.
Reproductive Freedom
Status: On appeal
FACTS:
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson’s Whole Women’s Health, Ohio’s most restrictive abortion ban went into effect. S.B. 23, the “heartbeat ban”...
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Nov 7, 2022
Soto v. Siekfer (amicus)
General Civil Liberties
Status: Lost appeal
FACTS:
In 2006, Travis Soto’s two-year old son died in what appeared to be an ATV accident. Mr. Soto was charged with involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment. He entered into a plea...
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Aug 24, 2022
It's Okay to Be a Unicorn! (no litigation)
Shortly before Jason Tharp visited a Buckeye Valley elementary school to present It's Okay to Be a Unicorn, he was told not to read the book due to complaints of a perceived pro-LGBT message. Viewpoint...
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Jul 22, 2022
Equitas Health v. State
Status: Pending
The passage of this law by inclusion in the budget bill violates Ohio’s “single-subject” rule. In addition, the law is unconstitutionally vague.