Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court
Section 2503.37 | Docket Order of Cases.

Effective: October 12, 2016
Latest Legislation: House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly
Cases commenced in or taken to the supreme court shall be entered on the docket in the order in which they are commenced, received, or filed. They shall be disposed of in the same order, except that the court may dispose of the following classes of cases in advance of their order on the docket:
(A) Proceedings in quo warranto, mandamus, procedendo, prohibition, or habeas corpus;
(B) Cases in which the person seeking relief has been convicted of felony;
(C) Cases involving the validity of a tax levy or assessment;
(D) Cases involving the construction or constitutionality of a statute, or a question of practice, in which the questions arising are of general public interest;
(E) Cases of general interest to the public, if two or more of the courts of appeals have held the law directly opposite upon like facts;
(F) Cases in which the relief sought is damages for personal injury, or for death caused by negligence, and in which the person injured makes affidavit that the person's livelihood is dependent upon daily labor, or, in case of death, in which the surviving spouse or any of the next of kin of the deceased makes an affidavit that the surviving spouse or next of kin was dependent for livelihood upon the person's or the decedent's daily labor;
(G) Cases in which a trust fund for the care, support, or education of a minor, or care or support of a person with an intellectual disability, is in question;
(H) Cases involving controversies or questions arising in the administration of the estate of a deceased person under the laws of this state;
(I) Cases involving the construction of a statute for the annexation of territory to a municipal corporation.

Structure Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Revised Code

Title 25 | Courts-Appellate

Chapter 2503 | Supreme Court

Section 2503.01 | Composition of Supreme Court; Qualifications for Justices.

Section 2503.02 | Chief Justice Term, Election, Vacancy.

Section 2503.03 | Justice Term, Election.

Section 2503.04 | Presiding Judge - Assigning Judges From Common Pleas Court.

Section 2503.05 | Appointment of Officers and Employees.

Section 2503.06 | Bond of Clerk of Supreme Court.

Section 2503.07 | Deputy Clerks.

Section 2503.08 | Vacancy in Clerk's Office.

Section 2503.09 | Removal of Clerk.

Section 2503.10 | Office Furnishings for Clerk.

Section 2503.11 | Duties of Clerk.

Section 2503.13 | Direct and Reverse Index of Cases.

Section 2503.17 | Filing Fees.

Section 2503.18 | Cancellation of Uncollectible Debts.

Section 2503.19 | Bond of Reporter of Supreme Court.

Section 2503.20 | Duties of Reporter of Supreme Court.

Section 2503.21 | Report of Decisions Delivered to Superintendent of Purchases and Printing.

Section 2503.22 | Reporter to Edit, Tabulate, Index, and Publish All Cases Disposed of on General Docket.

Section 2503.23 | Specifications for Printed Decisions.

Section 2503.24 | Contracts for Publication of Court Reports.

Section 2503.25 | Bond of Contractor for Publishing Court Reports.

Section 2503.26 | Bond of Law Librarian of Supreme Court.

Section 2503.27 | Receipt for Library Contents.

Section 2503.28 | Duties of Law Librarian.

Section 2503.281 | Administrative Director of Supreme Court.

Section 2503.282 | Administrative Director of Supreme Court to Handle Information Requests.

Section 2503.29 | Appointment and Compensation of Stenographers.

Section 2503.30 | Oath and Duties of Stenographers.

Section 2503.31 | Equipment for Stenographers.

Section 2503.32 | Records and Papers of Court.

Section 2503.33 | Term of Court.

Section 2503.34 | Special or Adjourned Terms.

Section 2503.35 | Quorum.

Section 2503.36 | Rules of Practice.

Section 2503.37 | Docket Order of Cases.

Section 2503.38 | Case Involving Same Questions Taken Out of Order.

Section 2503.39 | Oral and Written Arguments.

Section 2503.40 | Issuance of Writs.

Section 2503.41 | Process.

Section 2503.42 | Reporting Decisions.

Section 2503.43 | Supreme Court Need Not Determine Weight of Evidence.

Section 2503.44 | Remand Final Decrees, Judgments, or Orders.

Section 2503.45 | Entity to Operate and Maintain the Facilities and Attendant Exterior Grounds of State-Owned Real Estate Located in Franklin County.