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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.
The Eighth District Court of Appeals ordered Skerkavich's case to be heard by a different judge at the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court. [4] Gaul was also criticized in August 2019 for granting an early release to an attorney who had sexually abused an eleven-year-old boy.
Municipal Courts and County Courts are law courts of limited jurisdiction in the U.S. state of Ohio. They handle cases involving traffic , non-traffic misdemeanors , evictions and small civil claims (in which the amount in controversy does not exceed $3,000 for small claims and $15,000 for municipal court).
County clerk of court of common pleas: Keeps filings of lawsuits and orders of the county Court of Common Pleas, issues and records titles for motor vehicles; County coroner: Determines causes of death in certain cases; is the only person with the power to arrest the sheriff [citation needed]. County engineer: Maintains county roads and land maps
In August 2008, Ohio governor Ted Strickland announced that he appointed Mason to be a Judge on the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas after a vacancy arose. [2] In 2017, Mason was hired by the City of Cleveland as an official in the Frank G. Jackson administration, with the title of Minority Business Development Administrator. [3]
In the general election, Sherrie Miday defeated Matthew McMonagle by receiving 54.07% of the votes. She ran unopposed in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas General Division Democratic primary election. With this historic win, on November 8, 2016, she became the first Egyptian-American to be elected as a judge in the United States. [1] [7 ...
Cuyahoga County was established in 1807 with the county seat still in the air. The county decided to place the temporary county seat in the largest settlement of Cleveland. The courts met in various taverns and inns around town while waiting for the courthouse to be built. This first courthouse was designed and built by Levi Johnson.
Johnson was then elected as the Ward 8 Councilman 90 days later and re-elected in 1985 and 1989. Johnson was co-sponsor of the city's first Fair Housing Law and led the successful effort to establish Cleveland's Sex Crime and Child Abuse Investigative Unit in the Cleveland Police Department. During his tenure, the Ward 8 Glenville neighborhood ...