Bricker & Eckler LLP: Briefs and Other Documents

Briefs & Decisions
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Date Filed
October 20, 2003	Certioriari denied, no written opinion issued
September 24, 2003	Petitioners’ Reply Brief to State’s Brief in Opposition
September 15, 2003	Brief of State of Ohio in Opposition to Petition for Certiorari
August 13, 2003	Petition for Writ of Certiorari to United States Supreme Court
August 13, 2003	Appendix to Petition for Writ of Certiorari to United States Supreme Court
May 16, 2003	Ohio Supreme Court Grants Writ of Prohibition Prohibiting Further Perry County Proceedings
March 10, 2003	Plaintiff's Answer to Writ of Prohibition Filed in Ohio Supreme Court
March 10, 2003	Plaintiff's Motion to Intervene in Ohio Supreme Court Writ of Prohibition Proceedings
March 7, 2003	State of Ohio Complaint for Writ of Prohibition filed in Ohio Supreme Court
March 4, 2003	Plaintiff's Motion for Compliance Conference filed with Perry County Court of Common Pleas
December 11, 2002	Ohio Supreme Court Opinion on Reconsideration
March 21, 2002	Chief Justice Moyer Response to Special Master Report
March 21, 2002	Report of Special Master Howard Bellman
December 13, 2001	Ohio Supreme Court Designation of Special Master
November 16, 2001	Ohio Supreme Court Written Reconsideration Opinion (Reconsideration was granted on November 2, 2001; opinion released November 16, 2001)
September 24, 2001	Plaintiffs' Memorandum in Opposition to State's Motion for Reconsideration of Supreme Court Decision
September 17, 2001	State of Ohio Motion to Reconsideration Supreme Court Decision
September 6, 2001	Decision of the Ohio Supreme Court in DeRolph III
June 18, 2001	Plaintiff's Brief to the Ohio Supreme Court.
June 15, 2001	Plaintiff's Filing of Evidence to Ohio Supreme Court: Index of Exhibits and Deposition Transcripts.
May 11, 2001	Ohio Supreme Court Order on Motions to Compel Discovery and Quash Subpoenas
May 4, 2001	Plaintiffs'-Appellees’ Memorandum In Opposition To State’s Emergency Motion For Clarification and To Quash Deposition Subpoenas and for Protective Order
May 2, 2001	Plaintiffs'-Appellees’ Notice of Filing of Subpoenas and Subpoenas Duces Tecum as Served
May 2, 2001	Plaintiffs'-Appellees' Motion for Expedited Order to Compel Defendants-Appellants to Respond to Discovery Exhibit A Plaintiff's First Set of Post-DeRolph II Interrogatories to Defendants-Appellants Exhibit B August 21, 2000 letter from Ohio Attorney General's Office regarding discovery Exhibit C Plaintiffs' First Set of Post-DeRolph II Requests for Production of Documents to Defendants-Appellants (Note: This is a very large file and downloading may be slow) Exhibit D Cover letter to request for production of documents Exhibit E April 30, 2001 letter to Ohio Attorney General's Office regarding production of documents and interrogatories Exhibit F April 30, 2001 letter response from Ohio Attorney General's Office regarding production of documents and interrogatories Exhibit G May 1, 2001 letter to Ohio Attorney General's Office regarding discovery
January 25, 2001	Ohio Supreme Court Order Setting Briefing Schedule and Oral Arguments in DeRolph v. Ohio
December 9, 2000	Plaintiffs' Motion to Supreme Court for Order Requiring Defendants to Pay Cost of Unfunded Mandates and to File a Master Plan to Achieving Compliance with Court Orders
July 24, 2000	Plaintiffs' First Set of Post-DeRolph Interrogatories to Defendants-Appellants
May 11, 2000	Supreme Court Decision - DeRolph II
September 1, 1999	Supreme Court Brief of Plaintiffs/Appellees
August 2, 1999	Supreme Court Brief of State of Ohio/Appellant
February 26, 1999	Unofficial Version of Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, Order & Ruling of Perry County Court of Common Pleas on Remand
November 4, 1998	Plaintiffs' Post Hearing Brief to Perry County Court of Common Pleas
September 1, 1998	Ohio Supreme Court order on burden of production and proof.
March 24, 1998	Plaintiffs' Motion to the Supreme Court for Order Reinstating Remand, Directing Trial Court to Establish Scheduling Order, and Allocating to the State the Burdens of Production and Proof
March 20, 1998	Plaintiffs' Memorandum to the Supreme Court in Opposition to State of Ohio's Motion for an Extension of the March 24, 1998 Deadline
March 4, 1998	Motion of Plaintiffs for Sanctions, and to Compel Answers to Plaintiffs' Second Post-Decision Set of Interrogatories and Responses to Plaintiffs' Second Post-Decision Request for Production of Documents Propounded to Defendants
March 4, 1998	Plaintiffs' Memorandum in Opposition to State of Ohio's Motion for an Extension of the March 24, 1998 Deadline
April 25, 1997	Ohio Supreme Court opinion ruling on the State's Motion for Reconsideration and Clarification.
March 24, 1997	Decision of the Supreme Court of Ohio
April 30, 1996	Plaintiffs'/Appellants' Reply Brief to Ohio Supreme Court
March 11, 1996	Plaintiffs'/Appellants' Merit Brief to Ohio Supreme Court
August 30, 1995	Ohio School Funding Opinion of Fifth District Court of Appeals
July 1, 1994	Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, Order and Memorandum of the Perry County Court of Common Pleas