Legal Opinion
O'Toole v. O'Connor
District Court, S.D. Ohio
Decided May 17, 2017No. Case No. 2:15-cv-1446PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION & ORDER
JAMES L. GRAHAM, United States ' District Judge
Under the Ohio Code of Judicial Conduct, incumbent judges running for reelection can call themselves judges. Other sitting judges seeking election to a different bench cannot. Since this is an unconstitutional restraint on free speech, the Court will grant summary judgment to Plaintiffs.
This matter is béfore the Court on the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment, (Docs. 43 1 44), and Plaintiffs’ Motion for Reconsideration, (Doc. 42), of this Court’s Opinion and Order that granted in all parts but one Defendants’ Motion for…
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Platt v. Bd. of Comm'rs on Grievances & Discipline of the Ohio Supreme CourtCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2018
- Colleen O'Toole v. Maureen O'ConnorCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2018
- Hartman v. O'ConnorDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 2021