State ex rel. Birdsall v. Stephenson

Birdsall does not identify any specific deficiencies in his motion to strike, but his main objection seems to be that the respondent judges did not include a table of contents, statement of facts, propositions of law, or list of authorities in their brief urging dismissal or summary judgment. These requirements, imposed by S.Ct.Prac.R. V(l), apply for briefs in support of motions, just as they do for merit briefs in original actions. See S.Ct.Prac.R. VIII(10), V(2), and VI(3).

Birdsall relies on Drake v. Bucher (1966), 5 Ohio St.2d 37, 34 O.O.2d 53, 213 N.E.2d 182, in which an appeal was…