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Ohio Sup.R. 7.46
Cases Not Eligible for the Commercial Docket
A civil case shall not be eligible for assignment into the commercial docket of a court of common
pleas pursuant to Sup.R. 7.47 if a labor organization is a party in the case, a governmental entity
is other than a nominal party in the case, the case does not relate to any of the topics provided
under Sup.R. 7.45, or the gravamen of the case relates to any of the following:
(A) Personal injury, survivor, or wrongful death matters;
(B) Consumer claims against business entities or insurers of business entities, including
product liability and personal injury cases, and cases arising under federal or state
consumer protection laws;
(C) Matters involving wages or hours, occupational health or safety, workers’
compensation, or unemployment compensation;
(D) Environmental claims, except those arising from a breach of contractual or legal
obligations or indemnities between business entities;
(E) Matters in eminent domain;
(F) Employment law cases, except those involving owners as described in Sup.R.
7.45(C);
(G) Discrimination cases based upon the federal or state constitutions or the applicable
federal, state, or political subdivision statutes, rules, regulations, or ordinances;
(H) Administrative agency, tax, zoning, and other appeals;
(I) Petition actions in the nature of a change of name of an individual, mental health
act, guardianship, or government election matters;
(J) Individual residential real estate disputes, including foreclosure actions, or non-commercial landlord-tenant disputes;
(K) Any matter subject to the jurisdiction of the domestic relations, juvenile, or probate
divisions of a court of common pleas;
(L) Any matter subject to the jurisdiction of a municipal court, county court, mayor’s
court, small claims division of a municipal court or county court, or any matter
required by statute or other law to be heard in some other court or division of a
court;
(M) Any criminal matter, other than criminal contempt in connection with a matter
pending on the commercial docket.
History
Effective Date: July 1, 2023 Commentary (July 1, 2026) Rule 49.06 was renumbered to Rule 7.46 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
71cacff55d7c6303f4df49ca511c8aa51d1218e434b19421f724c771766b7cf5
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