Supreme Court of Ohio 2006 Annual Report - Supreme Court - State ...

Law Library
The Law Library offers research assistance and online
database access to both Court staff and public patrons. In
2006, the library served more than 6,500 public patrons,
answered about 9,000 reference questions, circulated more
than 1,300 books, provided more than 51,000 photocopies
and assisted the state’s prison population by responding to
950 letters requesting research help or documents. In relation
to the library’s collection of materials, the staff checked in
and distributed more than 6,000 items and processed about
14,000 item records.
Case Mediation Section
The Case Mediation Section facilitates mediation between
parties in cases pending before the Supreme Court.
In 2006, the section focused primarily on state and local
tax cases, workers’ compensation matters and extraordinary
writs. The Court referred 92 cases to mediation and the
section cleared 93 cases, 35 of which the parties settled
after one or more mediation conferences with the Court’s
mediation counsel. In all, the mediation counsel conducted
191 mediation conferences for the referred cases during the
year.
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