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

The Legal Resources Division consists of the
Office of Legal Resources, the Office of the Reporter,
the Law Library and the Case Mediation Section. The
Office of Legal Resources is the lead office of the
division and assists the Supreme Court in resolving
complex legal issues pending before the Court. The
Office of the Reporter is responsible for publishing the
opinions of the Court and trial and appellate courts of
Ohio. The Law Library is one of the largest state law
libraries in the nation with a comprehensive collection
of Ohio, federal and state legal sources that is open
to the public. The Case Mediation Section assists the
Court in mediating pending cases, obviating the need
for a full argument of those matters. The director of
Legal Resources provides oversight and administrative
direction for the division.
Office of Legal Resources
The staff attorneys — known as master commissioners — in
the Office of Legal Resources provided research and writing
support to the Justices on the non-discretionary portion of the
Court’s docket: death penalty appeals, public utility appeals,
appeals involving state tax issues and workers’ compensation
law, extraordinary writs and attorney disciplinary cases. They
also assisted the Chief Justice with processing affidavits of
disqualification.
Office of the Reporter
During 2006, the Office of the Reporter edited and published
in print the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets of 421
Supreme Court opinions, 419 courts of appeals opinions and
21 Court of Claims and trial court opinions, which comprised
about 8,800 advance sheet pages. In addition to posting all
Supreme Court opinions and case announcements released
during 2006 to the Court Web site, the Office of the Reporter
also posted 6,181 court of appeals opinions, as well as 183
Court of Claims opinions and nine other trial court opinions.
More than 46,000 opinions are posted on the Court Web site
and are available to the public at no charge.
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