Legal Opinion
Geisinger v. Cook
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided November 9, 1977No. 76-1276PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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Appellant:.submits as' his primary proposition of:láWthat;álthough"the' Constitution of Ohio empowers th’é^GeíibráPAssembly “to. establish other courts” than con*53stitutional courts, such power may not be exercised in a manner causing the vacation of the office of any judge.-
Section 15 of Article IV of the Constitution of Ohio provides:
“Laws may be passed to increase or diminish the nuhir ber of judges of the supreme court, to increase beyond one or diminish to one the number of judges of the court of common pleas in any county, and to establish other courts, whenever twodhirds…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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