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The Third Circuit Court has jurisdiction over civil, criminal, and family matters arising in Wayne County. The National Center for State Courts has cited the Third Circuit Court as one of the model urban courts in the United States for case flow management and the timely disposition of the Court's docket.
In 1833, all the county courts in all counties in the territory of Michigan except Wayne were abolished and replaced by one circuit court of the territory of Michigan. [2] In 1836, the state was divided into 3 circuits. The 1850 Michigan Constitution made the office of circuit court judges elected officials and set the term of office to six (6 ...
Originally established as the 3-2 District Court (3rd District Court, 2nd Division). The 3rd District Court was separated into two separate courts (3A and 3B) in 1991. 4th District Court Cass [12] 1 Cassopolis: 5th District Court Berrien: 5 St. Joseph and Niles: The Michigan Supreme Court has designated the Berrien County Courts as a ...
Michigan Circuit Courts [3] In Michigan, the Circuit Court is the trial court with the broadest powers in Michigan. In general, the Circuit Court handles all civil cases with claims of more than $25,000 and all felony criminal cases (cases where the accused, if found guilty, could be sent to prison).
Located in the Greektown district, the twelve-story Brutalist architecture building, designed by Eberle M. Smith, was completed in 1970 and is named for jurist and politician Frank Murphy, who was a Recorder's Court judge, Mayor of Detroit, Governor of Michigan, United States Attorney General and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme ...
Steven Allen of Detroit is accused of embezzling more than $60,000 from a Wayne County Circuit Court judge he worked for as a clerk. State prosecutors: Ex-Wayne County Circuit Court clerk ...
Judicial circuits map State courts of Michigan. Michigan Supreme Court [167] Michigan Court of Appeals [168] Michigan Circuit Courts [169] Michigan District Courts [169] Michigan Probate Courts [169] Michigan Court of Claims; Federal courts located in Michigan. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan [170]
The Michigan Court of Appeals is the intermediate-level appellate court of the state of Michigan. It was created by the Michigan Constitution of 1963, and commenced operations in 1965. Its opinions are reported both in an official publication of the State of Michigan, Michigan Appeals Reports , as well as the unofficial, privately published ...