Ohio Supreme Court

This page has definitely come a long way from its humble beginnings. The following sets of rules are available: appellate, civil, criminal, evidence, juvenile, traffic, superintendence of courts, code of professional responsibility, GovBar, code of Judicial Conduct, Supreme Court practice, reporting of opinions, and Court of Claims.

Decisions from 1992-forward, plus court announcements and rule amendments.

Appellate Districts

1st
Decisions, Rules, and Forms
2nd
Decisions
Rules
3rd
Decisions
4th
Decisions
Rules
5th
Decisions, Rules, Announcements, and Schedule of Cases
6th
Decisions
Rules
7th
Decisions
8th
Decisions
Rules
9th
Decisions and Opinions from 1988 - forward
10th
Decisions
11th
Opinions, Forms, and Court Rules
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Decisions, Rules (Click on “search” key for access to decisions)

Trial Level Courts (sites contain decisions only when specifically indicated)

Butler County Rules: General Division, Domestic Relations (can also search for docket sheets) 

Crawford County Rules: General Division, Probate Court 

Cuyahoga County Rules: General Division, Domestic Relations (select a court from the list of links)

Clermont County Rules: General Division, Domestic Relations, Municipal Court, Probate

Delaware County Rules: General Division

Franklin County Rules: General Division, Domestic Relations, Probate

Hamilton County Rules: General Division, Domestic Relations

Hamilton Couty: Rules: Municipal Court

Huron County Rules: General Division, Domestic Relations

Lake County No rules, but access is provided to computerized court records (docket sheets)

Lorain County General Division Rules and computerized court records

Montgomery County Rules: General Division, Domestic Relations

Summit County Domestic Relations rules

Van Wert County Rules: General Division

Other Ohio Courts

There are a number of other sites on the Internet hosted by Ohio courts, mostly of the municipal variety. Because the list is so long, and I don’t believe any of them are posting decisions, I’ll leave the research to users who are interested enough to pursue it themselves. I will, however, leave you with a few clues to get you on your way. The following sites contain links to Ohio trial level courts which have not been mentioned above. Again, you will probably not find decisions or court rules. Most of the sites I have checked out simply listed judges, court personnel, and contact phone numbers.

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