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There is currently a mandamus action pending before the Ohio Supreme Court – State ex rel. Gatehouse Media Ohio Holdings II, Inc. dba The Columbus Dispatch v. the City of Columbus Police ...
A writ of mandamus (/ m æ n ˈ d eɪ m ə s /; lit. ' 'we command' ') is a judicial remedy in the English and American common law system consisting of a court order that commands a government official or entity to perform an act it is legally required to perform as part of its official duties, or to refrain from performing an act the law forbids it from doing.
The case was brought by Marlean Ames, a straight woman who alleged that the Ohio Department of Youth Services discriminated against her on the basis of sexual orientation in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. [3] She had worked in the department since 2004. In 2017, Ames was reassigned to a new supervisor, who was a lesbian ...
Ohio ex rel. Lloyd v. Dollison: 445 (1904) McKenna none none Ohio: affirmed Davis v. Mills: 451 (1904) Holmes none none 2d Cir. certification In re Christensen E. Co. 458 (1904) Fuller none none 2d Cir. mandamus granted Crowley v. United States: 461 (1904) Harlan none none D.P.R. reversed Knepper v. Sands: 476 (1904) Harlan none none 8th Cir ...
Brandenburg v. Ohio, 395 U.S. 444 (1969), is a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court interpreting the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. [1] The Court held that the government cannot punish inflammatory speech unless that speech is "directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action".
A "writ of prohibition", in the United States, is a court order rendered by a higher court to a judge presiding over a suit in an inferior court. The writ of prohibition mandates the inferior court to cease any action over the case because it may not fall within that inferior court's jurisdiction.
The Georgia Court of Appeals has denied an appeal by Western Circuit District Attorney Deborah Gonzales who sought to dismiss a suit filed in 2023 that alleged she was not complying with state law ...
Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643 (1961), was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled that the exclusionary rule, which prevents a prosecutor from using evidence that was obtained by violating the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, applies to states as well as the federal government.