The suit was filed later in the day in Common Pleas Court 7 against the Hughes company and two bonding firms.

The English Court of Common Pleas dealt with lawsuits in which the Monarch had no interest, i. e. between commoners.

Sir John Popham was Lord Chief Justice, Sir Thomas Fleming was Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and two Justices, Sir Thomas Walmsley and Sir Peter Warburton, sat as Justices of the Common Pleas.

The House of Lords asked a panel of judges, presided over by Sir Nicolas Conyngham Tindal, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, a series of hypothetical questions about the defence of insanity.

The judicial system consists of the Supreme Court, National Court, the Court of Common Pleas, and the Land Court.

A federal grand jury in the Middle District of Pennsylvania handed down a 48-count indictment against former Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas Judges Michael Conahan and Mark Ciavarella.

After consulting with the judges of the King's Bench, Common Pleas and Exchequer of Pleas, the Lords concluded that there was no copyright at common law-certainly not perpetual copyright-and as such, that the term permitted by the Statute of Anne was the maximum length of legal protection for publishers and authors alike.

In response to allegations that Michigan's militia fired upon Ohioans, Lucas called a special session of Ohio's Legislature on June 8, 1835 to pass several more controversial acts, including establishment of Toledo as the county seat of Lucas County, the establishment of a Court of Common Pleas in the city, a law to prevent the forcible abduction of Ohio citizens from the area and a budget of $ 300, 000 to implement the legislation.

Before his replacement arrived, Mason ordered 1, 000 Michigan militiamen to enter Toledo and prevent the symbolically important first session of the Ohio Court of Common Pleas.

From July 1765, he also served as a judge of the Court of Common Pleas and began service as the customs collector at New Castle in 1771.

In November 1765 his Court of Common Pleas became the first such court in the colonies to establish a rule that all the proceedings of the court be recorded on un-stamped paper.

* May 11 – The first trial in the case of Tichborne Claimant begins in the London Court of Common Pleas.

* Winter – Dr. Bonham's Case is decided by Edward Coke, chief justice of England's Court of Common Pleas.

This bill was supported by some of the most able and learned men in England, including the Earl of Northumberland, the Bishop of Lincoln, the Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, the Attorney General for England and Wales, the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and the Chief Justice of the King's Bench.

Robert Belknap ( Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas ) was sent to investigate the incident and to punish the offenders.

Boyle by this time had been the object of the attacks of Sir Henry Wallop, Treasurer at War, Sir Robert Gardiner, Chief Justice of the King's Bench, Sir Robert Dillon, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and Sir Richard Bingham, Chief Commissioner of Connaught, a demonstration, said Boyle, of their envy of his success and increasing prosperity.,

The Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas is the trial court of general jurisdiction for Wilkes-Barre.

Maria Russell filed a suit for legal separation in the Court of Common Pleas at Pittsburgh in June 1903 and three years later filed for divorce under the claim of mental cruelty.

The Articles provided that " no causes in Scotland be cognoscible by the courts of Chancery, Queen's Bench, Common Pleas or any other court in Westminster Hall ; and that the said courts or any other of the like nature after the union shall have no power to cognosce, review or alter the acts or sentences of judicatures in Scotland, or stop the execution of the same.

The new legal structure had a single Court of Appeal, split into two divisions, hearing appeals from a unified High Court of Justice made up of the King's Bench, Chancery and Common Pleas Divisions.

The Washington County Court of Common Pleas, the Twenty-Seventh Judicial District of Pennsylvania, is the state trial court, sitting in and for Washington County.

The Fayette County Court of Common Pleas serves as the primary judicial arm in the region.

* Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas ( elected )

Summit County currently has 14 Common Pleas judges.

* Judge, Common Pleas Court ( General / Domestic Relations ): P. Randall Knece ( R )

* Judge, Common Pleas Court ( Juvenile / Probate ): Jan Michael Long ( D )

Judge Court of Common Pleas:

Judge Court of Common Pleas Probate / Juvenile Division:

Judge Court of Common Pleas Domestic Relations-Juv .- Probate Division:

* Judge, Common Pleas Court: Otho Eyster

The elected Common Pleas Court include: Judge Nadine Allen, Judge Kim Wilson Burke, Judge Ethna M. Cooper, Judge Pat DeWine, Judge Dennis S. Helmick

* Judge, Common Pleas Court: Chris Allal Martin ( R )

* Judge, Common Pleas Court: Richard Berens ( R )

* Judge, Common Pleas Court ( General / Domestic Relations ): Kathy S. Mowry ( R )

* Judge, Common Pleas Court ( Juvenile / Probate ): Steven O. Williams ( R )

* Common Pleas Judge General Division Dominick E. Olivito Jr December 31, 2012

According to Samuel L. French, author of Reminiscences of Plymouth, Luzerne County, Penna., "... the present Borough of Plymouth was erected by decree of Honorable John N. Conyngham, President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County, on the 23rd day of April, A. D., 1866, upon the recommendation of the Grand Jury ..."

" The President Judge of Mercer County Court of Common Pleas issued an order on December 11, 1975 decreeing that the name of the Township of Hickory shall be changed to Hermitage, Pennsylvania, effective January 2, 1976.

The Common Serjeant is Judge Brian Barker QC.

" Common report, moreover, may be attributed to Judge Stockton some of the exploits of a distant cousin, Major Richard Stockton an obnoxious Tory, who did take Howe's protection and went over to the British until he was captured in Feb.

He served as a Judge of Common Pleas for Worcester County, Massachusetts.

James G. Arner, current President Judge of Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas, Clarion County, Pennsylvania

Following his graduation from law school, Street served clerkships with Common Pleas Court Judge Mathew W. Bullock, Jr. and with the United States Department of Justice from which he was quickly terminated for poor performance.

Leaving Croisadore to elder son Henry Dickinson, Samuel moved to Poplar Hall, where he had already taken a leading role in the community as Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Kent County.