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In addition to the main Central branch in Santa Ana, the Superior Court of Orange County operates from branches in Orange (Lamoreaux Justice Center), Newport Beach (Harbor Justice Center), Fullerton (North Justice Center), and Westminster (West Justice Center). The 1901 Orange County Courthouse is being used as a museum by the OC History Center.
Another quirk is that because the superior courts are now fully unified with all courts of inferior jurisdiction, the superior courts must hear relatively minor cases that previously would have been heard in such inferior courts, such as infractions, misdemeanors, "limited civil" actions (actions where the amount in controversy is below $35,000), and "small claims" actions.
In 1998, California's municipal courts were merged into the superior courts. [1] [4] In 2000, the California Judicial Council, the policy making body of the California court system, [5] established Complex Civil Litigation Pilot Programs in a number of California county superior courts, including Orange County. The complex civil litigation ...
He is a member of the Republican Party of Orange County's 72nd Assembly District Committee. His wife, Cheri Pham, is assistant presiding judge of Orange County Superior Court.
Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson, right, attends a hearing with his lawyers last year. He was ordered Thursday to stand trial after witnesses testified at a preliminary hearing ...
The decision came after a preliminary hearing for Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson, who was arrested in August and charged with killing his wife in their home in the upscale ...
The San Francisco Superior court complex civil litigation program helps deal with business litigation in that court. [54] Former Orange County Complex Litigation Program judge Gail A. Andler [55] is a past president of the American College of Business Court Judges (ACBCJ), [56] and a number of California's complex litigation judges (including ...
Orange County Superior Court Judge Randall J. Sherman issued the emergency restraining order after UC lawyers argued that the ongoing strike would cause irreversible harm as students are nearing ...