City of University Heights v. Rothschild

Patricia Ann Blackmon, Judge.

This case originated in University Heights. However, the University Heights judge recused and asked the common pleas court’s administrative judge to assign the case to a different municipality. The administrative judge, upon the voluntary disqualification by the University Heights judge, transferred the case to the Lyndhurst Municipal Court. The Lyndhurst trial judge dismissed appellant Edmund Rothschild’s traffic violation charge and assessed the costs to him. He appeals the costs assessment. However, our first concern is jurisdictional.

Historically, this court…