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In addition to the main Central branch in Santa Ana, the Superior Court of Orange County operates from branches in Orange (Lamoreaux Justice Center), Newport Beach (Harbor Justice Center), Fullerton (North Justice Center), and Westminster (West Justice Center). The 1901 Orange County Courthouse is being used as a museum by the OC History Center.
Superior Court (that is, the superior court is the respondent on appeal), and the real opponent is then listed below those names as the "real party in interest". This is why several U.S. Supreme Court decisions in cases that originated in California bear names like Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court (1987) and Burnham v.
Five Superior Courts—in Orange, Sacramento, San Diego, San Joaquin, and Ventura Counties—use CCMS version 3 to process civil cases. This represents approximately 25 percent of the civil case volume in California. [3] Fresno is the only Superior Court still using version 2 of CCMS.
He started his legal career in the Orange County district attorney’s office in 1983, worked on narcotics cases for which he won various awards, and served as president of the North Orange County ...
On June 8, 2010, Steiner won election to the Orange County Superior Court of California. [5] He was elected without opposition, becoming at age 36 one of the youngest elected Superior Court Judges in California. He succeeded Judge Margaret Anderson, who endorsed him [6] and supported his campaign efforts. Steiner assumed office on January 3, 2011.
By 1988 the Municipal and Superior Courts began to cross-assign cases to ease the county's judicial backlog. In 1993 the Superior Court adopted the Municipal Courts' automated criminal case processing system; known as the Municipal Court Information it was rebranded the Trial Court Information System. Also in 1993 the Superior Court was ...
In that instance, all superior courts are free to pick and choose which precedent they wish to follow until the state supreme court settles the issue for the entire state, although a superior court confronted with such a conflict will normally follow the view of its own Court of Appeal (if it has already taken a side on the issue). [5]
In common law systems, a superior court is a court of general jurisdiction over civil and criminal legal cases.A superior court is "superior" in relation to a court with limited jurisdiction (see small claims court), which is restricted to civil cases involving monetary amounts with a specific limit, or criminal cases involving offenses of a less serious nature.