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Ohio Sup.R. 7.43
Termination of Commercial Docket
(A) Sitting judges serving as commercial docket judge
If a vacancy in the position of a commercial docket judge occurs in a court of common
pleas that has established a commercial docket with sitting judges of the general division
of the court serving as the commercial docket judges pursuant to Sup.R. 7.41 and
7.42(A)(1), resulting in the court having only one commercial docket judge, and no other
judge of the court designated as a commercial docket judge pursuant to Sup.R. 7.41(A)(1),
the court shall terminate the commercial docket as follows:
(1) The court shall cease assigning cases to the commercial docket;
(2) Commercial docket cases assigned to the remaining commercial docket
judge shall remain with the judge until final disposition;
(3) Following final disposition of all commercial docket cases assigned to the
remaining commercial docket judge, the commercial docket shall cease to
exist.
(B) Retired judge serving as commercial docket judge
If a vacancy in the position of a commercial docket judge occurs in a court of common
pleas that has established a commercial docket with a retired judge serving as the
commercial docket judge pursuant to Sup.R. 7.41 and 7.42(A)(2), resulting in the court
having no commercial docket judge, and no other retired judge volunteers to serve and is
appointed by the Chief Justice to the commercial docket pursuant to Sup.R. 7.42(A)(2), the
court shall terminate the commercial docket and all remaining commercial docket cases
shall be randomly assigned to a judge of the court in accordance with the individual
assignment system adopted by the court pursuant to Sup.R. 5.11(B)(2).
History
Effective Date: July 1, 2013 Amended: July 1, 2013; March 1, 2017 Commentary (July 1, 2026) Rule 49.03 was renumbered to Rule 7.43 as part of the 2026 restructuring of the Rules of Superintendence.
Provenance
- Source
- supremecourt.ohio.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-14
- Edition
- 2026-09-14
- Content hash
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