Ohio Supreme Court hears second round of arguments over pandemic-era unemployment benefits

By: Susan Tebben

Outlets: Ohio Capital Journal

Published: May 27, 2026

Words: 1,045

Last Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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The Ohio Supreme Court began oral arguments in a second case over pandemic unemployment benefits by wondering why the case was back before the justices.

“I went back to Bowling 1, we dismissed it as moot,” Chief Justice Sharon Kennedy said on May 20. “Why are we back here, why didn’t that resolve the case?”

An attorney representing Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said she’d be satisfied “if the court were to simply put an end …

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