Legal Opinion
Buchanan v. Rhodes
District Court, N.D. Ohio
Decided February 2, 1966No. C65-159PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CONNELL, Chief Judge.
The plaintiffs are litigants involved in personal injury lawsuits filed in the ■Court of Common Pleas, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Their Complaint alleges that constitutional and statutory provisions establishing the judicial structure in Ohio, whereby each county is guaranteed at least one judge in the court of general jurisdiction (the court of common pleas), operate to deprive the plaintiffs of equal treatment under the law. They aver that the counties encompassing urban areas with larger populations, in particular Cuyahoga County, have fewer judges per population unit and…
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