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Clark County was established in 1818 and was carved from lands from Champaign, Greene, and Madison counties. The court met in various locations in Springfield but no budget allowed for the construction of a courthouse. In 1819, the commissioners were approached by a group of citizens who pledged $2,215 to the construction of a permanent courthouse.
The first municipal court was created in 1910, and county courts were created in 1957 as a replacement for justice courts. In 2014, there were 129 municipal courts and 35 county courts. [ 2 ] They are created by the General Assembly as provided in R.C. 1901 and 1907, and are limited by subject-matter jurisdiction .
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 ...
Mutual Film Corporation v. Industrial Commission of Ohio, 236 U.S. 230 (1915), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court ruling by a 9–0 vote that the free speech protection of the Ohio Constitution, which was substantially similar to the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, did not extend to motion pictures.
Atlas Cinemas on Thursday reopened the 10-screen former Cinemark movie theater in Barrington Plaza, 140 Barrington Town Square Drive. For showtimes and tickets, check out atlascinemas.net .
Clark County is a county located in the west central portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census , the population was 136,001. [ 2 ] Its county seat and largest city is Springfield . [ 3 ]
Eighty-six of Ohio's 88 counties (all except Summit as of 1981 and Cuyahoga as of 2011) have the following elected officials as provided by statute: . Three county commissioners (the Board of Commissioners): Control budget; oversee planning and approve zoning regulations where county rural zoning is implemented; approve annexations to cities and villages; set overall policy; oversee ...
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 ...