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The United States District Court for the District of Pennsylvania was one of the original 13 courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, 1 Stat. 73, on September 24, 1789. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was subdivided on April 20, 1818, by 3 Stat. 462 , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] into the Eastern and Western Districts to be headquartered in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh ...
In Centre County, the only contested countywide race was for Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, in which Gopal Balachandran and Julia Rater were cross-filed candidates.
If elected, both Gopal Balachandran and Julia Rater say they’re committed to serving the 10-year term.
The courts of common pleas are organized into 60 judicial districts, 53 comprising one of Pennsylvania's 67 counties, and seven comprising two counties. Each district has from one to 101 judges. Judges of the common pleas courts are elected to ten-year terms. A president judge and a court administrator serve in each judicial district. In ...
The lands of the future Centre County were first recorded by James Potter in 1764. Potter, having reached the top of Nittany Mountain, and "...seeing the prairies and noble forest beneath him, cried out to his attendant, 'By heavens, Thompson, I have discovered an empire!'" [4] Centre County was created on February 13, 1800, by Act 2092 of the Pennsylvania Legislature from parts of Huntingdon ...
Attorney Julia Rater announced Tuesday that she is running for Centre County judge in 2023. ... Association’s board of governors and is co-author of “ Custody Law and Practice in Pennsylvania.”
This is a list of former and current non-federal courthouses in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Each of the 67 counties in the Commonwealth has a city or borough designated as the county seat where the county government resides, including a county courthouse for the court of general jurisdiction, the Court of Common Pleas. Other courthouses are used by the three state-wide appellate courts ...
An attorney for trustee Barry Fenchak told the Centre Daily Times the ruling from Centre County Judge Brian Marshall sends a “very powerful message” to the university’s board.