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Seal of the Supreme Court of Ohio. Bold indicates chief judge or chief justice. The Ohio Supreme Court was created by the Ohio Constitution of 1802 with three judges, and had three or four through 1851. In 1851, the number of judges was increased to five.
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. Each of Ohio's 88 counties has a court of common pleas. The Ohio General Assembly (the state legislature) has the power to divide courts of common pleas into divisions, and has done so ...
She's presiding judge in the 5th District and is secretary of the Ohio Court of Appeals Judges Association. "I love my job," she said. 5th District Court of Appeals: Dixie Park vs. Kevin Popham.
The lowest level is the courts of common pleas, the intermediate-level courts are the district courts of appeals, and the highest-ranking court is the Ohio Supreme Court. Ohio municipal and county courts hear cases involving traffic violations, non-traffic misdemeanors, evictions and small civil claims (in which the amount in controversy does ...
There are several other levels of elected judiciary in the Ohio court system: State court of claims, which has jurisdiction over all civil actions against the State of Ohio in situations in which the state has waived its sovereign immunity. State courts of appeal (12 district appeals courts): These are the intermediate appellate courts.
She is currently an associate justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, a position to which she was elected after serving as a judge on the Ohio Tenth District Court of Appeals. A member of the Democratic Party , Brunner also served one term as Ohio Secretary of State from 2007 to 2011 and unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. Senate in 2010 . [ 1 ]
Portage County voters will choose among two candidates for clerk of Portage County courts on the Nov. 5 general election ballot.. Republican Brian Ames is challenging incumbent Clerk of Courts ...
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose said Monday he has referred evidence of suspected election violations to prosecutors in 20 counties, including Tuscarawas County. “We take every allegation ...