WRITING MANUAL - Supreme Court - State of Ohio

2. Ohio courts of appeals cases
a. Print published cases 1
In citations of Ohio courts of appeals opinions that were decided 2
before May 1, 2002, place the elements of the citation in the
following order:
• The name of the case, in italics, followed by a comma;
• The full parallel citation, i.e., the official citation when
available, followed by the North Eastern Reporter,
separated by a comma;
• The appellate district and year of decision, within
parentheses.
NOTE: Ohio Bar Reports (OBR) and Ohio Opinions (O.O.,
O.O.2d, and O.O.3d) are no longer included in the citation. Those
sources are cited only when they are the only available source for
a case.
NOTE: The district of decision is now required in all citations of
courts of appeals cases, and both the district and county of
decision are now required in all citations of non-print published
courts of appeals cases. For print published cases, the district
appears in parentheses at the end, as shown in the examples
below. In non-print published cases, the case number is preceded
by both the district number and the name of the county, e.g., 5th
Dist. Fairfield No. ___. See Section 1.1(B)(2)(b), below.
The following map and list show all 12 Ohio appellate districts and
their constituent counties.
1 The term “print published cases” refers to cases that have been published in one of the official state
reporters or the North Eastern Reporter.
2 A few print published appellate cases decided before May 1, 2002, have been assigned WebCites and
paragraph numbers and should be treated as if they were decided after that date. E.g., Dunkel v. Hilyard,
146 Ohio App.3d 414, 2001-Ohio-2597, 766 N.E.2d 603 (4th Dist.).
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