20 Ohio opinions name it 2 courts 2001–2025 10 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Ohio courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
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Harrold v. Colliergreen2 sentences2020The practical impact of holding that a statute is unconstitutional as applied to the challenger is to prevent its future application in a similar context, “‘but not to render it utterly inoperative.’” Yajnik v. Akron Dept. of Health, Hous. -9- Case No. 8-20-01 Div., 101 Ohio St.3d 106 , 2004-Ohio-357 , ¶ 14, quoting Ada, 506 U.S. at 1011 , 113 S.Ct. at 633 (Scalia, J. dissenting). “[W]here statutes are challenged on the ground that they are unconstitutional as applied to a particular set of facts, the party making the challenge bears the burden of presenting clear and convincing evidence of a 2019Div., 101 Ohio St.3d 106 , 2004-Ohio-357 , quoting Ada, 506 U.S. 1011 (Scalia, J. dissenting). “[W]here statutes are challenged on the ground that they are unconstitutional as applied to a particular set of facts, the party making the challenge bears the burden of presenting clear and convincing evidence of a presently existing set of facts that make the statutes unconstitutional and void when applied to those facts.” Harrold v. Collier, 107 Ohio St.3d 44 , 2005-Ohio-5334 , ¶ 38 (2005). | 1 | 7 |
Brandt v. Pompagreen2 sentences2025The party making the challenge must “demonstrate beyond a reasonable doubt that there is no set of circumstances under which the statute may be valid.” Brandt at ¶ 27. 2025“In an as-applied -5- Case No. 4-25-03 constitutional challenge, ‘“the party making the challenge bears the burden of presenting clear and convincing evidence of a presently existing set of facts that [makes the statute] unconstitutional and void when applied to those facts.”’” Brandt v. Pompa, 2022-Ohio-4525, ¶ 27 , quoting Groch v. Gen. | 1 | 2 |
Kolender v. Lawsongreen1 sentence2025Vagueness {¶18} “‘[T]he void-for-vagueness doctrine requires that a penal statute define the criminal offense with sufficient definiteness that ordinary people can understand what conduct is prohibited and in a manner that does not encourage arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement.’” State v. Hacker, 2023-Ohio-2535 , ¶ 30, quoting Kolender v. Lawson, 461 U.S. 352, 357 (1983). | 1 | 1 |
Peck v. Peckgreen1 sentence2024Peck v. Peck, 96 Ohio App.3d 731, 734 (12th Dist. 1994). | 1 | 1 |
State v. Awangreen1 sentence2020“The question of constitutionality of a statute must generally be raised at the first opportunity and, in a criminal prosecution this means in the trial court.” State v. Awan, 22 Ohio St.3d 120, 122 (1986), limited by, In re M.D., 38 Ohio St.3d 149 (1988), syllabus, citing State v. Woodards, 6 Ohio St.2d 14 (1966). | 1 | 1 |
Lind v. New Yorkgreen1 sentence2020The practical impact of holding that a statute is unconstitutional as applied to the challenger is to prevent its future application in a similar context, “‘but not to render it utterly inoperative.’” Yajnik v. Akron Dept. of Health, Hous. -9- Case No. 8-20-01 Div., 101 Ohio St.3d 106 , 2004-Ohio-357 , ¶ 14, quoting Ada, 506 U.S. at 1011 , 113 S.Ct. at 633 (Scalia, J. dissenting). “[W]here statutes are challenged on the ground that they are unconstitutional as applied to a particular set of facts, the party making the challenge bears the burden of presenting clear and convincing evidence of a | 1 | 1 |
State v. Haflegreen1 sentence2017See also State v. Hafle, 52 Ohio App.2d 9 (1st Dist.1977), paragraph one of the syllabus (R.C. 959.13, prohibiting cruelty to animals, gives fair notice that the conduct described is forbidden and such statute is not unconstitutional for vagueness). {¶ 23} As stated above, when a party challenges a statute as unconstitutional as applied to a particular set of facts, "the party making the challenge bears the burden of presenting clear and convincing evidence of a presently existing set of facts that makes the statute unconstitutional and void when applied to those facts." Harrold v. Collier, 10 | 1 | 1 |
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| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Ohio. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
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Belden v. Union Central Life Ins.
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2 sentences2023“A facial challenge to a statute is the most difficult to bring successfully because the challenger must establish that there exists no set of circumstances under which the statute would be valid.” Id., citing United States v. Salerno, 481 U.S. 739, 745 , 107 S.Ct. 2095 , 95 L.Ed.2d 697 (1987). {¶ 107} “Further, where statutes are challenged on the ground that they are unconstitutional as applied to a particular set of facts, the party making the challenge bears the burden of presenting clear and convincing evidence of a presently existing set of facts that make the statutes unconstitutional a 2022Co., 143 Ohio St. 329 (1944), paragraph six of the syllabus (“[W]here statutes are challenged on the ground that they are unconstitutional as applied to a particular set of facts, the party making the challenge bears the burden of presenting clear and convincing evidence of a presently existing set of facts that make the statutes unconstitutional and void when applied to those facts.”). {¶23} A challenge to the constitutionality of a zoning ordinance as applied, therefore, considers “‘whether the ordinance, in proscribing a landowner’s proposed use of his land, has any reasonable relationship | 5 | 2005–2023 |
Hollingsworth v. United States
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2 sentences2020The practical impact of holding that a statute is unconstitutional as applied to the challenger is to prevent its future application in a similar context, “‘but not to render it utterly inoperative.’” Yajnik v. Akron Dept. of Health, Hous. -9- Case No. 8-20-01 Div., 101 Ohio St.3d 106 , 2004-Ohio-357 , ¶ 14, quoting Ada, 506 U.S. at 1011 , 113 S.Ct. at 633 (Scalia, J. dissenting). “[W]here statutes are challenged on the ground that they are unconstitutional as applied to a particular set of facts, the party making the challenge bears the burden of presenting clear and convincing evidence of a 2019Div., 101 Ohio St.3d 106 , 2004-Ohio-357 , quoting Ada, 506 U.S. 1011 (Scalia, J. dissenting). “[W]here statutes are challenged on the ground that they are unconstitutional as applied to a particular set of facts, the party making the challenge bears the burden of presenting clear and convincing evidence of a presently existing set of facts that make the statutes unconstitutional and void when applied to those facts.” Harrold v. Collier, 107 Ohio St.3d 44 , 2005-Ohio-5334 , ¶ 38 (2005). | 3 | 2019–2025 |
United States v. Allied Oil Corp.
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2 sentences2023“A facial challenge to a statute is the most difficult to bring successfully because the challenger must establish that there exists no set of circumstances under which the statute would be valid.” Id., citing United States v. Salerno, 481 U.S. 739, 745 , 107 S.Ct. 2095 , 95 L.Ed.2d 697 (1987). {¶ 107} “Further, where statutes are challenged on the ground that they are unconstitutional as applied to a particular set of facts, the party making the challenge bears the burden of presenting clear and convincing evidence of a presently existing set of facts that make the statutes unconstitutional a 2023“A facial challenge to a statute is the most difficult to bring successfully because the challenger must establish that there exists no set of circumstances under which the statute would be valid.” Id., citing United States v. Salerno, 481 U.S. 739, 745 , 107 S.Ct. 2095 , 95 L.Ed.2d 697 (1987). {¶ 107} “Further, where statutes are challenged on the ground that they are unconstitutional as applied to a particular set of facts, the party making the challenge bears the burden of presenting clear and convincing evidence of a presently existing set of facts that make the statutes unconstitutional a | 2 | 2005–2023 |
Groch v. General Motors Corp.
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2 sentences2023Motors Corp., 117 Ohio St.3d 192 , 2008-Ohio-546 , 883 N.E.2d 377 , ¶ 181, quoting Harrold v. Collier, 107 Ohio St.3d 44 , 2005-Ohio-5334 , 836 N.E.2d 1165, ¶ 38 , citing Belden v. Union Cent. 2022Motors Corp., 117 Ohio St.3d 192 , 2008-Ohio-546 , 883 N.E.2d 377 , ¶ 181, quoting Harrold v. Collier, 107 Ohio St.3d 44 , 2005-Ohio-5334 , 836 N.E.2d 1165 , ¶ 38. | 2 | 2022–2023 |
Yajnik v. Akron Department of Health, Housing Division
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2 sentences2020The practical impact of holding that a statute is unconstitutional as applied to the challenger is to prevent its future application in a similar context, “‘but not to render it utterly inoperative.’” Yajnik v. Akron Dept. of Health, Hous. -9- Case No. 8-20-01 Div., 101 Ohio St.3d 106 , 2004-Ohio-357 , ¶ 14, quoting Ada, 506 U.S. at 1011 , 113 S.Ct. at 633 (Scalia, J. dissenting). “[W]here statutes are challenged on the ground that they are unconstitutional as applied to a particular set of facts, the party making the challenge bears the burden of presenting clear and convincing evidence of a 2019Div., 101 Ohio St.3d 106 , 2004-Ohio-357 , quoting Ada, 506 U.S. 1011 (Scalia, J. dissenting). “[W]here statutes are challenged on the ground that they are unconstitutional as applied to a particular set of facts, the party making the challenge bears the burden of presenting clear and convincing evidence of a presently existing set of facts that make the statutes unconstitutional and void when applied to those facts.” Harrold v. Collier, 107 Ohio St.3d 44 , 2005-Ohio-5334 , ¶ 38 (2005). | 2 | 2019–2020 |
Simpkins v. Grace Brethren Church of Delaware, Ohio (Slip Opinion)
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1 sentence2025“A holding that a statute is unconstitutional as applied prevents future application of the statute in a similar context, but it does not 4. render the statute wholly inoperative.” Simpkins v. Grace Brethren Church of Delaware, Ohio, 2016-Ohio-8118, ¶ 20 , citing Yajnik at ¶ 14, citing Ada v. Guam Soc. of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, 506 U.S. 1011 (1992) (Scalia, J., dissenting). {¶ 10} Here, the parties agree that the only issue for our review is whether the trial court erred when it concluded that R.C. 2323.43(A)(3) is unconstitutional on due-process grounds as applied to McNalley. | 1 | 2025–2025 |
State v. Noggle
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1 sentence2024Subsection (A)(9) was not part of the statute at that time but was added in 1994 after the Ohio Supreme Court determined in State v. Noggle, 67 Ohio St.3d 31 (1993), that Section 2907.03 did not apply to teachers or coaches who had sexual conduct with a student. | 1 | 2024–2024 |
United States v. Salerno
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2 sentences2023“A facial challenge to a statute is the most difficult to bring successfully because the challenger must establish that there exists no set of circumstances under which the statute would be valid.” Id., citing United States v. Salerno, 481 U.S. 739, 745 , 107 S.Ct. 2095 , 95 L.Ed.2d 697 (1987). {¶ 107} “Further, where statutes are challenged on the ground that they are unconstitutional as applied to a particular set of facts, the party making the challenge bears the burden of presenting clear and convincing evidence of a presently existing set of facts that make the statutes unconstitutional a 2023“A facial challenge to a statute is the most difficult to bring successfully because the challenger must establish that there exists no set of circumstances under which the statute would be valid.” Id., citing United States v. Salerno, 481 U.S. 739, 745 , 107 S.Ct. 2095 , 95 L.Ed.2d 697 (1987). {¶ 107} “Further, where statutes are challenged on the ground that they are unconstitutional as applied to a particular set of facts, the party making the challenge bears the burden of presenting clear and convincing evidence of a presently existing set of facts that make the statutes unconstitutional a | 1 | 2023–2023 |
Mobil Oil Corp. v. City of Rocky River
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1 sentence2022Co., 143 Ohio St. 329 (1944), paragraph six of the syllabus (“[W]here statutes are challenged on the ground that they are unconstitutional as applied to a particular set of facts, the party making the challenge bears the burden of presenting clear and convincing evidence of a presently existing set of facts that make the statutes unconstitutional and void when applied to those facts.”). {¶23} A challenge to the constitutionality of a zoning ordinance as applied, therefore, considers “‘whether the ordinance, in proscribing a landowner’s proposed use of his land, has any reasonable relationship | 1 | 2022–2022 |
State v. Woodards
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1 sentence2020“The question of constitutionality of a statute must generally be raised at the first opportunity and, in a criminal prosecution this means in the trial court.” State v. Awan, 22 Ohio St.3d 120, 122 (1986), limited by, In re M.D., 38 Ohio St.3d 149 (1988), syllabus, citing State v. Woodards, 6 Ohio St.2d 14 (1966). | 1 | 2020–2020 |
In re M.D.
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1 sentence2020“The question of constitutionality of a statute must generally be raised at the first opportunity and, in a criminal prosecution this means in the trial court.” State v. Awan, 22 Ohio St.3d 120, 122 (1986), limited by, In re M.D., 38 Ohio St.3d 149 (1988), syllabus, citing State v. Woodards, 6 Ohio St.2d 14 (1966). | 1 | 2020–2020 |
Mark-It Place Foods, Inc. v. New Plan Excel Realty Trust, Inc.
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2 sentences2007Mark-It Place Foods, Inc. v. New Plan Excel Realty Trust (2004), 156 Ohio App.3d 65 , 92-93 , 804 N.E.2d 979 citing Motz v. Root (1934), 53 Ohio App. 375 , 4 N.E.2d 990 . {¶ 16} We also note that the waiver of contractual rights typically requires consideration unless the actions of the party making the waiver are such that he must be estopped from insisting upon the right claimed to have been relinquished. 2007Mark-It Place Foods, Inc. v. New Plan Excel Realty Trust (2004), 156 Ohio App.3d 65 , 92-93 , 804 N.E.2d 979 citing Motz v. Root (1934), 53 Ohio App. 375 , 4 N.E.2d 990 . {¶ 16} We also note that the waiver of contractual rights typically requires consideration unless the actions of the party making the waiver are such that he must be estopped from insisting upon the right claimed to have been relinquished. | 1 | 2007–2007 |
Motz v. Root
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2 sentences2007Mark-It Place Foods, Inc. v. New Plan Excel Realty Trust (2004), 156 Ohio App.3d 65 , 92-93 , 804 N.E.2d 979 citing Motz v. Root (1934), 53 Ohio App. 375 , 4 N.E.2d 990 . {¶ 16} We also note that the waiver of contractual rights typically requires consideration unless the actions of the party making the waiver are such that he must be estopped from insisting upon the right claimed to have been relinquished. 2007Mark-It Place Foods, Inc. v. New Plan Excel Realty Trust (2004), 156 Ohio App.3d 65 , 92-93 , 804 N.E.2d 979 citing Motz v. Root (1934), 53 Ohio App. 375 , 4 N.E.2d 990 . {¶ 16} We also note that the waiver of contractual rights typically requires consideration unless the actions of the party making the waiver are such that he must be estopped from insisting upon the right claimed to have been relinquished. | 1 | 2007–2007 |
Cleveland Gear Co. v. Limbach
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2 sentences2006Cleveland Gear, 35 Ohio St.3d at 231 , 520 N.E.2d 188 , citing Belden v. Union Cent. 2006Cleveland Gear, 35 Ohio St.3d at 231 , 520 N.E.2d 188 , citing Belden v. Union Cent. | 1 | 2006–2006 |
Nelson v. Ford Motor Co.
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1 sentence2002Nelson v. Ford Motor Co. (2001), 145 Ohio App.3d 58 , 65 . | 1 | 2002–2002 |
McCluskey v. Burroughs
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2 sentences2001Giurbino at 658 , 626 N.E.2d at 1025-1026 ; McCluskey v. Burroughs (1982), 4 Ohio App.3d 182 , 4 OBR 284, 446 N.E.2d 1143 . 2001Giurbino at 658 , 626 N.E.2d at 1025-1026 ; McCluskey v. Burroughs (1982), 4 Ohio App.3d 182 , 4 OBR 284, 446 N.E.2d 1143 . | 1 | 2001–2001 |
Giurbino v. Giurbino
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1 sentence2001Giurbino at 658 , 626 N.E.2d at 1025-1026 ; McCluskey v. Burroughs (1982), 4 Ohio App.3d 182 , 4 OBR 284, 446 N.E.2d 1143 . | 1 | 2001–2001 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.