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Lorain County (/ l ɔː ˈ r eɪ n /) is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio As of the 2020 census, the population was 312,964. [2] Its county seat is Elyria, and its largest city is Lorain. [3] The county was physically established in 1822, becoming judicially independent in 1824. [4]
The suit was filed in the Lorain County Court of Common Pleas. [51] According to the filing, Oberlin performed mock jury exercises in April 2019 and determined it was likely it would lose the Gibson's lawsuit; however, its insurance companies refused to fund a settlement even after Oberlin negotiated an offer to avoid trial for less than $10 ...
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. Each of Ohio's 88 counties has a court of common pleas.
Former Franklin County Sheriff's deputy Jason Meade demonstrated on the stand during his trial in Franklin County Common Pleas Court how he alleges Casey Goodson Jr. was handling a gun while ...
Lorain Journal Co., 497 U.S. 1 (1990), was a United States Supreme Court case that rejected the argument that a separate opinion privilege existed against libel. [1] It was seen by legal commentators as the end of an era that began with New York Times Co. v. Sullivan and continued with Gertz v.
In 2009, Wiseman was shortlisted for a vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. [12] Ohio's two U.S. Senators – Sherrod Brown (D–Lorain) and George Voinovich (R–Cleveland) – convened a bipartisan commission to recommend candidates for the vacancy, with Wiseman emerging as one of three finalists.
A court of common pleas is a common kind of court structure found in various common law jurisdictions. The form originated with the Court of Common Pleas at Westminster , [ citation needed ] which was created to permit individuals to press civil grievances against one another that did not involve the King.
Ohio municipal and county courts are courts of limited jurisdiction and courts of record created by the General Assembly. They hear cases involving traffic violations , non-traffic misdemeanors , evictions and small civil claims (in which the amount in controversy does not exceed than $15,000), and also conduct preliminary hearings in felony cases.