court of limited jurisdiction

• B.C. Court Confirms Limited Jurisdiction of Department of Fisheries and Oceans over Development in Riparian Areas.

Copyright 2010, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Originally published in Blakes Bulletin on Environmental Law, July 2010 In a recent decision of impor...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2010, January 2010

• Circuit court commissioners and justices of the peace, abolition; courts of limited jurisdiction

• Michigan Constitution

• Gangale v. Ohio Bur. of Motor Vehicles, (Ohio 2002)

Court of Claims did not abuse its discretion. The Court of Claims is a court of limited jurisdiction. The court properly determined that it lacked jurisdiction over appellant's federal and state constitutional claims and over his constitutional claims against individuals.

• Ohio Supreme Court

• Comparing the Decision Making of Specialized Courts and General Courts: An Exploration of Tax Decisions

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is a unique federal agency because it is subject to the jurisdiction of different trial courts, the two most important of which are the United States Tax Court, a specialized court of limited jurisdiction, and the United States District Court, a court of general jurisdiction. This article offers an exploratory comparison of the tax-case decision-making process of the United States Tax Court and the United States District Courts. Using data from 1996 and 1997, the article examines the differences in decision making of these courts, specifically focusing on expertise and ideology. The United States Tax Court uses its expertise and lack of realistic structural or hierarchical constraints to decide the cases in a far more ideological manner than does the d...

• Justice System Journal
• Vol. 26 Nbr. 2, May 2005

• Cuyahoga Dept. of Emp. & Family Serv. v. Williams, (Ohio 2005)

ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL; LIMITED JURISDICTION.

• Ohio Supreme Court

• Dispute Does Not Fall Within Watertown City Court Jurisdiction

The plaintiff cannot recover the funds he spent to pay various bills of the defendant's after the two ended their relationship in city court. This was the finding of Watertown City Court Judge James Harberson in Kevin Trombley v. Lorraine Sorrelle. Specifically, the judge concluded Watertown City Court's civil part is a court of limited jurisdiction and it does not have jurisdiction over the dispute in the case at hand.

• Daily Record (Rochester, NY)
• December 30, 2004

• Audit Profile: The Supreme Court of Audit of Spain

The Constitution of 1978 established the Supreme Court of Audit of Spain in its current form as "the supreme audit entity for the accounts and financial transactions of the state and of the public sector." The Court of Audit has 12 members and a prosecutor, who together comprise the Full Session of the Court, the supreme decision-making body. Six members are elected by the Congress of Deputies and six by the Senate of the Cortes Generales. The Court of Audit is the permanent and final external auditor of the public sector's economic activity; it also prosecutes accounting liability related to persons entrusted with the handling of public monies or assets. The jurisdictional functions of the court are limited to accounting jurisdiction over accounts that the persons "collecting, auditing...

• International Journal of Government Auditing
• Vol. 33 Nbr. 3, July 2006

• Pravitskyy v. Halczysak, (Ohio 2003)

Res judicata; municipal court; limited subject matter jurisdiction; self-defense; defense of others; directed verdict; malicious prosecution; fraud; separate jury verdicts; expert testimony; medical damages; credit against verdict.

• Ohio Supreme Court

• Judicial Review

§ 17.1 Foundations of . § 17.1.1 The Nature and Basis of . § 17.1.2 During the Original Natural Law Era: 1789-1873. § 17.1.2.1 Marbury v. Madison versus the Tripartite Theory of . § 17.1.2.2 Martin v. Hunter's Lessee and Federal Court Supremacy. § 17.1.3.1 During the Formalist Era: 1873-1937. § 17.1.3.2 During the Holmesian Era: 1937-1954. § 17.1.3.3 During the Instrumentalist Era: 1954-1986. § 17.1.3.4 During the Modern Natural Law Era: 1986-Today. § 17.1.4 Evaluation of . § 17.2 The Jurisdiction of the Federal Courts. § 17.2.1 Federal Jurisdiction: What Article III Provides. § 17.2.2 Types of Cases for Which Federal Jurisdiction Exists. § 17.2.2.1...

... purpose for a written Constitution with limited powers if those limits could be passed at any time...

• The Path of Constitutional Law

• Rudloff v. Efstathiadis, (Ohio 2003)

PROBATE - GIFTS; limited jurisdiction, fiduciary relationship, undue influence, R.C. 2109.50, gift inter vivos, declaratory judgment, R.C. 2721.05(C).

• Ohio Supreme Court