Julie Carr Smyth

January 27, 2010 | Daily Report Online

By JULIE CARR SMYTH

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December 17, 2009 | Daily Report Online

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October 09, 2012 | Daily Report Online

Ohio's election chief said Tuesday he will appeal a ruling that reinstates the final three early voting days in the battleground state, calling a decision last week by a federal appeals court "an unprecedented intrusion" into how states run elections.

By Ann Sanner and Julie Carr Smyth

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May 08, 2008 | Daily Report Online

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May 15, 2008 | Law.com

Ohio's attorney general resigned Wednesday under threat of impeachment because of a sexual harassment investigation in his office and his extramarital affair with an employee. Marc Dann admitted earlier this month to the affair, which he said contributed to an atmosphere leading to sexual harassment claims against a top aide. Three aides were forced out in the investigation, which showed managers encouraged a casual work environment with frequent profanity and inappropriate interactions with subordinates.

By Julie Carr Smyth

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July 25, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Ohio's domestic violence laws do not conflict with the state's ban on gay marriage, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.

By Julie Carr Smyth

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April 23, 2012 | Daily Report Online

By Julie Carr Smyth

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January 24, 2008 | National Law Journal

Lawyers fighting over whether relatives should have a legal right to the organs of an autopsied family member traded jabs after making oral arguments before the Ohio Supreme Court Wednesday, each accusing the other side of defending a position that would yield lucrative payouts. Attorneys on both sides encountered skepticism from the justices, with one judge telling a lawyer it was "totally lame" to argue that coroners would hesitate to do thorough autopsies if property rights were involved.

By Julie Carr Smyth

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July 11, 2008 | Daily Report Online

COLUMBUS, Ohio AP - Residents of a mostly black neighborhood in rural Ohio were awarded nearly $11 million Thursday by a federal jury that found local authorities denied them public water service for decades out of racial discrimination.Each of the 67 plaintiffs was awarded $15,000 to $300,000, depending on how long they had lived in the Coal Run neighborhood, about 5 miles east of Zanesville in Muskingum County in east-central Ohio.

By JULIE CARR SMYTH

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March 13, 2012 | Daily Report Online

COLUMBUS, Ohio AP - An Ohio state lawmaker resigned and surrendered to authorities Tuesday after being indicted on charges of bribery, election falsification and filing a false ethics statement.Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien said the three felony bribery charges handed down against state Rep. W. Carlton Weddington, of Columbus, are the first of their kind against a state lawmaker since 1912.

By Julie Carr Smyth

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