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Appeals from the Municipal Court remain within the First Judicial District by becoming a matter of the Court of Common Pleas. Philadelphia is one of two counties in Pennsylvania that has a Municipal Court (the other being Pittsburgh). Criminal dockets would be MC-51-CR-*****-2007.
History and architectural features. The CJC is a seventeen-story, steel-framed building that was completed in 1994 in order to alleviate pressure from courtrooms located in Philadelphia City Hall. The center is located at 1301 Filbert Street. In May 2012, the Criminal Justice Center was renamed in honor of the late Justice Juanita Kidd Stout.
G.W. Bush: 25 District Judge Ricardo Hinojosa: McAllen: 1950 1983–present 2009–2016 — Reagan: 34 District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal: Houston: 1952 1992–present 2016–2022 — G.H.W. Bush: 39 District Judge Keith P. Ellison: Houston: 1950 1999–present — — Clinton: 41 District Judge Andrew Hanen: Houston: 1953 2002–present — — G ...
The courts of common pleas are the trial courts of general jurisdiction in the state. The name derives from the medieval English court of Common Pleas. Pennsylvania established them in 1722. [1] They hear civil cases with a significant amount in controversy and trials for serious crimes. They have original jurisdiction over all cases not ...
The James A. Byrne United States Courthouse at 601 Market Street in Philadelphia. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (in case citations, E.D. Pa.) is one of the original 13 federal judiciary districts created by the Judiciary Act of 1789. It originally sat in Independence Hall in Philadelphia as the United ...
Hampton University (BA) West Virginia University (JD) Kai Niambi Scott (born 1970) [1][2] is an American attorney who is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She previously served as a judge on the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas from 2015 to 2023.
Temple University (BA) Antioch School of Law (JD) Kevin M. Dougherty (born May 19, 1962) [1] is a justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. [2][3] Before his election in 2015, [4] Dougherty had served on the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia since 2001, [5] serving as an administrative judge of the trial division. [6]
The magisterial district courts also resolve small civil disputes such as breaches of contracts, landlord-tenant issues, and torts, not exceeding a monetary recovery of $12,000 including expenses like lawyer's fees and filing fees. The court pictured is the 07-1-06 Magisterial District Court in Feasterville, Bucks County. Sullivan County Courthouse