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The Philadelphia Municipal Court is a trial court of limited jurisdiction seated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.It has 27 judges elected by the voters of Philadelphia. [1] The Municipal Court has three divisions: the Criminal Division, the Civil Division, and the Traffic Division. [1]
The Municipal Court also has jurisdiction over civil cases with an amount in controversy less than $12,000 (or $12,500 for fines and most debts owed to the City of Philadelphia, or $15,000 for delinquent real-estate taxes owed to the City and certain tax debts owed to the School District of Philadelphia). The civil division of the Municipal ...
The city of Philadelphia has filed an antitrust lawsuit accusing seven major banks of conspiring to inflate interest rates for a type of bond used by cities, towns and other public entities ...
A Philadelphia municipal court judge on Tuesday dismissed all charges, including murder, against the Philadelphia police officer who fatally shot 27-year-old Eddie Irizarry during a traffic stop ...
NEW PHILADELPHIA ‒ A change of plea hearing has been scheduled for 1 p.m. April 29 in New Philadelphia Municipal Court for a member of the Tuscarawas County Board of Elections who has been ...
When Rotkiske failed to appear, the Philadelphia Municipal Court entered a default judgment against him. [6] [5] In September 2014, Rotkiske discovered the default judgment on his record when he was denied a mortgage because of it. [5] In June 2015, Rotkiske filed a federal lawsuit under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act in the federal ...
Seamus P. McCaffery (born June 3, 1950) is an American retired Justice on the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.He is a member of the Democratic Party.Prior to his election to the Supreme Court, he was a judge on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, and prior to that was a municipal court judge in Philadelphia.
Teresa Carr Deni is a lawyer, politician, and former judge in Philadelphia. From 1995 to 2016, she was a judge in the Philadelphia Municipal Court. [1] In her first 12 years on the bench, she disposed hundreds of cases per year. Lawyers who appeared before her gave her a 90% approval rating.