Person
Michael P. Donnelly
- Work
- Civil litigation lawyer, 1997 to 2004, first at an insurance-defense firm, then representing injured workers and other plaintiffs
Sources: Michael P. Donnelly · Michael P. Donnelly (judge)
- Public service
- Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, 1992 to 1997
Sources: Michael P. Donnelly · Michael P. Donnelly (judge)
- Public service
- Member, Supreme Court of Ohio Commission on Professionalism, 2007 to 2012; chair in his final year
Source: Michael P. Donnelly
- Public service
- Member, Ohio Supreme Court Death Penalty Task Force, appointed 2013
Source: Michael P. Donnelly
- Education
- Graduate of St. Ignatius High School, Cleveland
Source: Michael P. Donnelly
- Education
- Bachelor's degree, John Carroll University
Sources: Michael P. Donnelly · Michael P. Donnelly (judge)
- Education
- Law degree, Cleveland State University College of Law; admitted to practice in Ohio in 1992
Sources: Michael P. Donnelly · Michael P. Donnelly (judge)
- Civic
- Board member, Chagrin Arts; former board member, Cleveland Baseball Federation
Source: Michael P. Donnelly
- Home
- Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Sources: Michael P. Donnelly · Michael P. Donnelly (judge)
Supreme Court of Ohio biography · Wikipedia
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- 2Offices held · Former Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio, 2019–2024
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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 his authored opinions (61 majority opinions, 2019-2024), spread over his 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. His 2004, 2010 and 2016 Cuyahoga County Common Pleas races and his 2018 Supreme Court race wait on race records this site does not yet hold.
- Endorsements Not yet researched
- Sources 11 entries
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| Statewide | All of Ohio | Justice of the Supreme Court (Full term commencing 1-1-2025) |
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Record in office
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| Person | Date | Kind | Entry |
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| Donnelly (D) | 2005-01-03 | office | Judge, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, General Division |
| Donnelly (D) | 2019-01-01 | office | Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio |
| Donnelly (D) | 2020-06-16 | ruling | 2020-06-16 (ruling): Wrote the Supreme Court of Ohio's opinion in Bey v. Rasawehr, 2020-Ohio-3301, which held that a civil stalking protection order barring a ma |
| Donnelly (D) | 2022-01-14 | ruling | 2022-01-14 (ruling): Wrote the Supreme Court of Ohio's majority opinion in Adams v. DeWine, 2022-Ohio-89, which held the General Assembly's 2021 congressional di |
| Donnelly (D) | 2022-12-07 | ruling | 2022-12-07 (ruling): Wrote the Supreme Court of Ohio's majority opinion in State ex rel. Ohio History Connection v. Moundbuilders Country Club Co., 2022-Ohio-434 |
| Donnelly (D) | 2024-12-10 | ruling | 2024-12-10 (ruling): Wrote the Supreme Court of Ohio's opinion in Stull v. Summa Health System, 2024-Ohio-5718, which held that ambiguities in a hospital's affid |
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ruling December 10, 2024
Wrote the Supreme Court of Ohio's opinion in Stull v. Summa Health System, 2024-Ohio-5718, which held that ambiguities in a hospital's affidavit do not alone decide whether a resident physician's file is covered by the peer-review privilege, and sent the case back for the trial court to review the file in camera.
Sources: Stull v. Summa Health Sys., 2024-Ohio-5718 · Opinions by Justice Michael P. Donnelly
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ruling December 7, 2022
Wrote the Supreme Court of Ohio's majority opinion in State ex rel. Ohio History Connection v. Moundbuilders Country Club Co., 2022-Ohio-4345, which allowed the Ohio History Connection to take the country club's lease on the Octagon Earthworks in Newark by eminent domain for a public park.
Sources: State ex rel. Ohio History Connection v. Moundbuilders Country Club Co., 2022-Ohio-4345 · State Can Acquire Octagon Earthworks From Country Club · Opinions by Justice Michael P. Donnelly
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ruling January 14, 2022
Wrote the Supreme Court of Ohio's majority opinion in Adams v. DeWine, 2022-Ohio-89, which held the General Assembly's 2021 congressional district plan invalid under Article XIX of the Ohio Constitution and ordered a new plan within 30 days.
Sources: Adams v. DeWine, 2022-Ohio-89 · Opinions by Justice Michael P. Donnelly
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ruling June 16, 2020
Wrote the Supreme Court of Ohio's opinion in Bey v. Rasawehr, 2020-Ohio-3301, which held that a civil stalking protection order barring a man's future internet posts about two relatives was a prior restraint that violated the First Amendment.
Sources: Bey v. Rasawehr, 2020-Ohio-3301 · Court’s Ban on Social Media Future Postings about Relatives Unconstitutional · Opinions by Justice Michael P. Donnelly
Money
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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 1-1-2025) (2024) | Democratic | Lost | 2,415,507 | 44.4% |
| Justice of the Supreme Court (Full term commencing 1-1-2019) (2018) | Democratic | Won | 2,170,227 | 61.0% |
Offices held
Judge, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, General Division · 2005-01-03 to 2018 · elected
Sources: Michael P. Donnelly · Michael P. Donnelly (judge)
Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio · 2019-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · elected
Sources: Michael P. Donnelly · Michael P. Donnelly (judge)
Endorsements
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Sources
Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: Michael P. Donnelly (judge) · 2024 Ohio elections · 2018 Ohio elections · 2018 Ohio gubernatorial election
Every URL on this page, once each.
- Michael P. Donnelly · Supreme Court of Ohio · accessed 2026-09-24
- Michael P. Donnelly (judge) · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-24
- Stull v. Summa Health Sys., 2024-Ohio-5718 · Supreme Court of Ohio · 2024-12-10 · accessed 2026-09-24
- Opinions by Justice Michael P. Donnelly · Supreme Court of Ohio · accessed 2026-09-24
- State ex rel. Ohio History Connection v. Moundbuilders Country Club Co., 2022-Ohio-4345 · Supreme Court of Ohio · 2022-12-07 · accessed 2026-09-24
- State Can Acquire Octagon Earthworks From Country Club · Court News Ohio (Supreme Court of Ohio) · 2022-12-07 · accessed 2026-09-24
- Adams v. DeWine, 2022-Ohio-89 · Supreme Court of Ohio · 2022-01-14 · accessed 2026-09-24
- Bey v. Rasawehr, 2020-Ohio-3301 · Supreme Court of Ohio · 2020-06-16 · accessed 2026-09-24
- Court’s Ban on Social Media Future Postings about Relatives Unconstitutional · Court News Ohio (Supreme Court of Ohio) · 2020-06-16 · 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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