Person
Melody J. Stewart
- Work
- Worked as a music teacher, a health care management administrator and a civil defense litigator
Source: Melody J. Stewart
- Work
- Lecturer, adjunct instructor, assistant dean and faculty member, Cleveland State University law school
Sources: Melody J. Stewart · Melody J. Stewart
- Work
- Taught at the University of Toledo College of Law and Ursuline College; director of student services, Case Western Reserve law school
Sources: Melody J. Stewart · Melody J. Stewart
- Public service
- Assistant law director for the cities of Cleveland and East Cleveland
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- Public service
- Chair, Ohio Capital Case Attorney Fee Council; member, Ohio Criminal Justice Recodification Committee
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- Education
- Bachelor of Music, College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati
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- Education
- Law degree, Cleveland State University College of Law, as a Patricia Roberts Harris Fellow
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- Education
- Ph.D., Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University
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- Civic
- Commissioner and chair, Euclid Board of Planning and Zoning
Source: Melody J. Stewart
Supreme Court of Ohio biography · Wikipedia
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- 2Offices held · Former Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio, 2019–2025
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What has been checked
- Profile 13 entries
- On the ballot 0 entries Not a candidate in any 2026 race held on this site. Checked: This site's 2026 race records; This site's 2026 ballot list
- Where they stand Not yet researched
- What they have said, checked Not yet researched
- Record in office 4 entries Four majority opinions chosen from the Court's own list of her authored opinions (63 majority opinions, 2019-2024), one or two per period of her term, each checked against the opinion PDF; dissents and concurrences are not listed.
- Money Not yet researched
- Financial interests Not yet researched
- Polling and approval Not yet researched
- Elections 2 entries Only the 2024 Supreme Court race is listed. Her Eighth District Court of Appeals races and her 2018 Supreme Court race wait on race records this site does not yet hold.
- Endorsements given Not yet researched
- Sources 12 entries
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| Statewide | All of Ohio | Justice of the Supreme Court (Full term commencing 1-2-2025) |
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Where they stand
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What they have said, checked
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Record in office
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| Person | Date | Kind | Entry |
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| Stewart (D) | 2006 | office | Judge, Eighth District Court of Appeals |
| Stewart (D) | 2019-01-02 | office | Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio |
| Stewart (D) | 2020-11-05 | ruling | 2020-11-05 (ruling): Wrote the Supreme Court of Ohio's majority opinion in State ex rel. Cable News Network, Inc. v. Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Local Schools, 2020-Ohi |
| Stewart (D) | 2022-01-12 | ruling | 2022-01-12 (ruling): Wrote the Supreme Court of Ohio's majority opinion in League of Women Voters of Ohio v. Ohio Redistricting Commission, 2022-Ohio-65, which h |
| Stewart (D) | 2022-10-12 | ruling | 2022-10-12 (ruling): Wrote the Supreme Court of Ohio's majority opinion in Cruz v. English Nanny & Governess School, 2022-Ohio-3586, which held that parties awar |
| Stewart (D) | 2024-08-06 | ruling | 2024-08-06 (ruling): Wrote the Supreme Court of Ohio's majority opinion in Harmon v. Cincinnati, 2024-Ohio-2889, which held that two city employees placed on pan |
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ruling August 6, 2024
Wrote the Supreme Court of Ohio's majority opinion in Harmon v. Cincinnati, 2024-Ohio-2889, which held that two city employees placed on pandemic emergency leave could appeal the Cincinnati Civil Service Commission's decision to the common pleas court, and affirmed the First District.
Sources: Harmon v. Cincinnati, 2024-Ohio-2889 · Cincinnati Workers Entitled to Hearing on City’s Decision to Place Them on Leave During Pandemic · Opinions by Justice Melody J. Stewart
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ruling October 12, 2022
Wrote the Supreme Court of Ohio's majority opinion in Cruz v. English Nanny & Governess School, 2022-Ohio-3586, which held that parties awarded attorney fees with a punitive-damages award may also recover the fees they incur defending that judgment on appeal.
Sources: Cruz v. English Nanny & Governess School, 2022-Ohio-3586 · To Collect Punitive Damages Award, Attorneys Can Charge Opponent for Cost of Appeals · Opinions by Justice Melody J. Stewart
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ruling January 12, 2022
Wrote the Supreme Court of Ohio's majority opinion in League of Women Voters of Ohio v. Ohio Redistricting Commission, 2022-Ohio-65, which held the commission's September 2021 General Assembly district plan invalid under Article XI, Sections 6(A) and 6(B), and ordered a new plan within ten days.
Sources: League of Women Voters of Ohio v. Ohio Redistricting Comm., 2022-Ohio-65 · Opinions by Justice Melody J. Stewart
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ruling November 5, 2020
Wrote the Supreme Court of Ohio's majority opinion in State ex rel. Cable News Network, Inc. v. Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Local Schools, 2020-Ohio-5149, which held that the Ohio Student Privacy Act bars release of a deceased adult former student's school records without that student's written consent.
Sources: State ex rel. Cable News Network, Inc. v. Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Local Schools, 2020-Ohio-5149 · School Not Required to Release Records of Deceased Dayton Shooter · Opinions by Justice Melody J. Stewart
Money
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Financial interests
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Polling and approval
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Elections
| Race | Party | Result | Votes | Share |
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| Justice of the Supreme Court (Full term commencing 1-2-2025) (2024) | Democratic | Lost | 2,443,066 | 44.9% |
| Justice of the Supreme Court (Full term commencing 1-2-2019) (2018) | Democratic | Won | 1,853,418 | 52.6% |
Offices held
Judge, Eighth District Court of Appeals · 2006 to 2019-01 · elected
Sources: Melody J. Stewart · Melody J. Stewart
Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio · 2019-01-02 to 2025-01-01 · elected
Sources: Melody J. Stewart · Melody J. Stewart
Endorsements
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Sources
Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: Melody J. Stewart · 2024 Ohio elections · 2018 Ohio elections · 2018 Ohio gubernatorial election
Every URL on this page, once each.
- Melody J. Stewart · Supreme Court of Ohio · accessed 2026-09-24
- Melody J. Stewart · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-24
- Harmon v. Cincinnati, 2024-Ohio-2889 · Supreme Court of Ohio · 2024-08-06 · accessed 2026-09-24
- Cincinnati Workers Entitled to Hearing on City’s Decision to Place Them on Leave During Pandemic · Court News Ohio (Supreme Court of Ohio) · 2024-08-06 · accessed 2026-09-24
- Opinions by Justice Melody J. Stewart · Supreme Court of Ohio · accessed 2026-09-24
- Cruz v. English Nanny & Governess School, 2022-Ohio-3586 · Supreme Court of Ohio · 2022-10-12 · accessed 2026-09-24
- To Collect Punitive Damages Award, Attorneys Can Charge Opponent for Cost of Appeals · Court News Ohio (Supreme Court of Ohio) · 2022-10-12 · accessed 2026-09-24
- League of Women Voters of Ohio v. Ohio Redistricting Comm., 2022-Ohio-65 · Supreme Court of Ohio · 2022-01-12 · accessed 2026-09-24
- State ex rel. Cable News Network, Inc. v. Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Local Schools, 2020-Ohio-5149 · Supreme Court of Ohio · 2020-11-05 · accessed 2026-09-24
- School Not Required to Release Records of Deceased Dayton Shooter · Court News Ohio (Supreme Court of Ohio) · 2020-11-05 · accessed 2026-09-24
- 2024 Ohio elections · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-24
- 2024 General Election Candidates · Franklin County Board of Elections · accessed 2026-09-24
- 2018 Ohio elections · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-25
- 2018 Ohio gubernatorial election · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-25
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