Ohio Supreme Court, 1996

In re Grand Jury

Ohio Supreme Court · Decided August 7, 1996 · Cook, Douglas, Moyer, Pfeifer, Resnick, Stratton, Sweeney

76 Ohio St. 3d 236; 667 N.E.2d 363

Cases that cite this one

6 later published cases cite this decision.

In re Grand Jury Proceeding of John Doe (Ohio 2016)
In the Matter of My Sister's Place, Unpublished Decision (10-9-2002) (Ohio Ct. App. 2002)
State v. Spencer (Ohio Ct. App. 1998)
In re Grand Jury Investigation Kaiser, Unpublished Decision (4-2-2003) (Ohio Ct. App. 2003)
Future Communications v. Hightower, Unpublished Decision (5-9-2002) (Ohio Ct. App. 2002)
In re Grand Jury (Ohio 1996)

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Opinion of the Court

Cook, J.

In this case, we revisit the issue of final appealable orders and, in so doing, affirm the court of appeals. In Polikoff v. Adam (1993), 67 Ohio St.3d 100, 616 N.E.2d 213, at syllabus, we stated, “Orders that are entered in actions that were recognized at common law or in equity and were not specially created by *238statute are not orders entered in special proceedings pursuant to R.C. 2505.02.” Grand jury proceedings, having existed at common law, are not “special proceedings,” notwithstanding the fact that they have been codified. See State ex rel Doerfler v. Price (1920), 101 Ohio St. 50, 54, 128 N.E. 173, 175; R.C. 2941.02 et seq.

Judgment affirmed.

Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer and Stratton, JJ., concur.

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