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The Ohio Courts of Common Pleas are the trial courts of the state court system of Ohio. The courts of common pleas are the trial courts of general jurisdiction in the state. They are the only trial courts created by the Ohio Constitution (in Article IV, Section 1). The duties of the courts are outlined in Article IV, Section 4.
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (in case citations, S.D. Ohio) is one of two United States district courts in Ohio and includes forty-eight of the state's eighty-eight counties—everything from the Columbus area southward.
The United States Attorney's Office of the Northern District of Ohio represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. As of June 9, 2023 [update] the United States attorney , the district’s chief prosecutor, is Rebecca C. Lutzko .
This was the first time that the Supreme Court reversed a state criminal conviction due to a violation of a constitutional provision concerning criminal procedure. Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 U.S. 356 (1886) Racially discriminatory application of a racially neutral statute violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Plessy v.
This form of territorial jurisdiction developed from the rationale of in rem jurisdiction, namely that seizure of the property was reasonably calculated to inform an individual of the proceedings against them. Once a valid judgment was obtained against an individual, however, the plaintiff could pursue recovery against the assets of the ...
Municipal Courts and County Courts are law courts of limited jurisdiction in the U.S. state of Ohio.They handle cases involving traffic, non-traffic misdemeanors, evictions and small civil claims (in which the amount in controversy does not exceed $3,000 for small claims and $15,000 for municipal court).
Summary judgment - A party may, at any time after a defendant files a notice of intention to defend, apply to the court under this part for judgment against the other party, if the court is satisfied that— the party has no real prospect of succeeding on all or a part of the plaintiff’s claim; and
Courts of Ohio include: State courts of Ohio The Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center in Columbus, headquarters of the Supreme Court of Ohio. Supreme Court of Ohio [1] Ohio District Courts of Appeal (12 districts) [2] Ohio Court of Claims [3] Ohio Courts of Common Pleas [4] Ohio Municipal Courts [4] Ohio County Courts [4] Ohio Mayor's Courts