Ohio Revised Code Chapter 2907 defines and classifies sex offenses within the state’s criminal code. It encompasses crimes involving sexual conduct, contact, and solicitation, addressing both physical acts and preparatory or exploitative behavior.
Ohio Revised Code Chapter 2919 governs offenses against the family.
Ohio Revised Code Title 31 contains provisions on domestic relations and children. Chapter 3113 addresses neglect, abandonment, and domestic violence involving children, covering court procedures, protective services, and funding. Chapter 3109 governs child abuse prevention, custody
Ohio Revised Code § 4112.02 prohibits unlawful discriminatory practices in employment, though exemptions exist for religious institutions with respect to hiring based on religion.
Ohio Senate Bill 104 (2024), titled the Protect All Students Act, restricts transgender individuals’ access to school and university bathrooms by requiring facilities to be designated solely for male or female use based on biological sex. It prohibits schools from establishing multi-gendered or gender-neutral facilities and bars students of different biological sexes from sharing overnight accommodations.
Ohio Revised Code Chapter 111, known as Ohio’s Safe at Home program, protects survivors of domestic violence, stalking, human trafficking, rape, or sexual battery by allowing them to keep their residential addresses confidential and out of public records. The program is administered by the Secretary of State’s office and is designed to prevent abusers from locating survivors.
In Okun v. Misiewicz, No. CV-98-67084-S (July 31, 2001), the plaintiff alleged sexual harassment by a former employer in violation of the Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act (CFEPA), seeking compensatory and punitive damages, but the defendant moved to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
Plaintiffs brought a class action lawsuit against Sweetwater Union School District (the “District”) and several individuals, alleging unequal participation opportunities for females at Castle Park High School (“CPHS”). Plaintiffs argued that Defendants violated Title IX’s provision that prohibits excluding or discriminating against anyone on the basis of sex in educational programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance. The court applied a three-part test to determine whether the District complied with Title IX which included: (1) substantially proportionate at
Doctors and clinics sued anti-abortion activist group Operation Rescue for invasion of privacy, tortious interference, and civil conspiracy. Anti-abortion activists planned to picket and obstruct abortion clinics and homes of physicians who worked for the clinics to coincide with the 1992 Republican National Convention. The district court granted a permanent injunction to restrict anti-abortion demonstrations, which prohibited activists from, among other things, demonstrating within specified areas of each clinic. Operation Rescue appealed.
Otey v. Director of Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, (N.D. Ala. 2017) is a U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama case where a federal constitutional challenge to the state’s Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act (SORCNA) was considered.
