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This is a list of former and current non-federal courthouses in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Each of the 67 counties in the Commonwealth has a city or borough designated as the county seat where the county government resides, including a county courthouse for the court of general jurisdiction, the Court of Common Pleas. Other courthouses are used by the three state-wide appellate courts ...
The civil and criminal sections each have their own supervising judges, including a separate supervising judge for the civil division's Commerce Case Management Program. As of January 16, 2024, the Commerce Program's Supervising Judge is the Honorable Abbe F. Fletman, [ 11 ] and the Criminal Division Supervising Judge is the Honorable Rose ...
They hear civil cases with a significant amount in controversy and trials for serious crimes. They have original jurisdiction over all cases not exclusively assigned to another court and appellate jurisdiction over judgments from the minor courts (which include the magisterial district courts in all counties but Philadelphia, the Philadelphia ...
The Civil Division is seated at the Widener Building at 1339 Chestnut Street (adjoining One South Broad). [1] The Traffic Division of Municipal Court was established by Act 17 of 2013 of the Pennsylvania General Assembly which abolished the former Philadelphia Traffic Court and transferred its jurisdiction to the Municipal Court. [3]
The Superior Court has 15 vicinages (jurisdictional districts or circuits), some encompassing two or three counties, each of which has its own courthouse or courthouses. [2] [3] Frequently the county courthouse is home to the appropriate vicinage of the Superior Court. Some counties have different facilities for different divisions, such as the ...
Monroe County Courthouse: Monroe: Aberdeen: NRHP-listed (refnum 78001623). Prentiss County Courthouse: Prentiss: Booneville: 1925 Included in NRHP-listed Downtown Booneville Historic District. A three-story Mediterranean Revival-style hipped roof brick building with a five bay arcaded loggia and two two-story flat-roofed wings. [17] Rankin ...
It is a handsome structure and a well preserved and valuable example of a colonial period stone courthouse. From 1724 until 1786, it served as the courthouse for Chester County, Pennsylvania and, after a county division, the courthouse for Delaware County, Pennsylvania until the county seat was relocated in
Martin Luther King Building & U.S. Courthouse: 50 Walnut Street: US District Court for NJ: 1992–present: Site of sculpture Justice Named for civil rights movement leader Martin Luther King Jr. [5] [6] Peter Rodino, Jr. Federal Building: 972 Broad Street: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Field Office: 1967–present