Courts of Limited Jurisdiction: A National SurveyKaren Markle Knab National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, U.S. Department of Justice, 1977 - 423 pages |
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Absence ADMINISTRATION Court-Generated Revenue amount in controversy associate judges attorney Bench chief judge circuit court citation was obtained Clerk of Court common pleas Compensation and Benefits Const Cook County County Court court administrator COURT Authorization court may promulgate court of common Court of Record Courts Statewide Criminal Jurisdiction Duty of Court Elected family court fees FINANCING AND ADMINISTRATION governor Illinois Information not supported JUDGES Selection Judges serve full-time Judges serve part-time Judges Statewide Judicial Article JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION JURISDICTION Civil Jurisdiction Jury Trial justice courts juvenile court LIMITED JURISDICTION Mandatory Retirement Age misdemeanors municipal judges novo Number of Courts Number of Judges peace courts practice law Probate Court probate judge PROCEDURE The supreme promulgate rules provisions Qualifications Removal Reporting Duty resident Right of Appeal Right to Jury rules and regulations Salaries are paid Service after Retirement Small Claims Jurisdiction superior court SUPPORT PERSONNEL Clerk Term Vacancies
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Page 346 - The court may grant as relief, as it deems appropriate, any permanent or temporary injunction, temporary restraining order, or other order, and may award to the plaintiff actual damages and not more than $1,000 punitive damages, together with court costs and reasonable attorney fees...
Page 145 - States shall have the power to prescribe, by general rules, for the district courts of the United States and for the courts of the District of Columbia, the forms of process, writs, pleadings, and motions, and the practice and procedure in civil actions at law.
Page 87 - ... willful misconduct in office, willful and persistent failure to perform his duties, habitual intemperance, or conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice that brings the judicial office into disrepute.
Page 87 - Qualifications or on its own motion, the Supreme Court may suspend a judge from office without salary when in the United States...
Page 128 - ... landlords for the possession of leased premises, where the monthly or yearly rent, or the rent for the unexpired term of the lease, does not exceed said amount.
Page 87 - ... the amount in any action on a bond to be determined by the amount actually sought to be recovered and not by the penalty of the bond...
Page 87 - On recommendation of the Commission on Judicial Qualifications the Supreme Court may (1) retire a judge for disability that seriously interferes with the performance of his duties and is or is likely to become permanent, and (2) censure or remove a judge for action occurring not more than...
Page 338 - The judicial powers, except as in this article is otherwise provided, shall be vested in one supreme court, circuit courts, county courts, justices of the peace, police magistrates, and in such courts as may be created by law in and for cities and incorporated towns.
Page 48 - ... be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment for not more than twelve months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Page 346 - The rights granted by sections 803, 804, 805, and 806 may be enforced by civil actions in appropriate United States district courts without regard to the amount in controversy and in appropriate State or local courts of general jurisdiction. A civil action shall be commenced within one hundred and eighty days after the alleged discriminatory housing practice occurred: Provided, however.