28 U.S.C. § 115

Ohio

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Ohio is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio.

Northern District

(a) The Northern District comprises two divisions.

(1) The Eastern Division comprises the counties of Ashland, Ashtabula, Carroll, Columbiana, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Holmes, Lake, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Richland, Stark, Summit, Trumbull, Tuscarawas, and Wayne.

Court for the Eastern Division shall be held at Cleveland, Youngstown, and Akron.

(2) The Western Division comprises the counties of Allen, Auglaize, Defiance, Erie, Fulton, Hancock, Hardin, Henry, Huron, Lucas, Marion, Mercer, Ottawa, Paulding, Putnam, Sandusky, Seneca, Van Wert, Williams, Woods, and Wyandot.

Court for the Western Division shall be held at Lima and Toledo.

Southern District

(b) The Southern District comprises two divisions.

(1) The Western Division comprises the counties of Adams, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, Greene, Hamilton, Highland, Lawrence, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, Scioto, Shelby, and Warren.

Court for the Western Division shall be held at Cincinnati and Dayton.

(2) The Eastern Division comprises the counties of Athens, Belmont, Coshocton, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Gallia, Guernsey, Harrison, Hocking, Jackson, Jefferson, Knox, Licking, Logan, Madison, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Morrow, Muskingum, Noble, Perry, Pickaway, Pike, Ross, Union, Vinton, and Washington.

Court for the Eastern Division shall be held at Columbus 11 So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma. St. Clairsville, and Steubenville.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 41 cases (23 in the last 5 years), 1936–2025 · leading case: Marilyn A. Bobula v. United States Department of Justice
Marilyn A. Bobula v. United States Department of Justice (1992) cafc “28 U.S.C. § 115 (1988). . Bobula was notified February 22, 1991.”
In Re Hubbard (1982) ohsb “The Southern District of Ohio is divided into Eastern and Western Divisions ( 28 U.S.C. § 115 ). Bankruptcy Judges sit in Columbus in the Eastern Division, and at Dayton and Cincinnati in the Western Division.”
Dichter v. Disco Corp. (1984) ohsd “See 28 U.S.C. § 115 . More to the point, if we were to consider this objection well taken, we would not deny the motion, but would transfer it for decision to the Eastern Division of the Court.”
Central National Bank v. Kwak (1985) ohnd “Title 28 U.S.C. § 115 (a)(1) concerns this case only in the most tenuous fashion and provides: Ohio is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio.”
National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People-Special Contribution Fund v. Jones (1990) ohnd “SCF had actual notice of Jones’ residence a year and a half before SCF filed its Motion to Sever and Transfer this case in November, 1988.”
United States v. Coffee (2000) paed “As Dayton is a station within the Western Division, see 28 U.S.C. § 115 (b)(1), we throughout this Memorandum have in mind that station of that Division of the Southern District of Ohio.”
United States v. Bink (1947) ord “12 28 U.S.C.A. § 115 ; Livingston v. Jefferson, 15 Fed.”
United States v. Bailey (2002) ohsd “28 U.S.C. § 115 . On December 17, 1997, Long called the Bellaire, Ohio Post Office and placed what is called a mail watch on any materials deliverable to Bailey’s residence.”
Kaiser Industries Corp. v. Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. (1971) ded “28 U.S.C. § 115 provides that Ohio is divided into a Northern and a Southern District.”
Moysi v. TRUSTCORP. INC. (1989) ohnd “The Northern District of Ohio is divided into two divisions, Eastern and Western, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 115 . 28 U.S.C. § 1393 , prior to its repeal on February 17, 1989, 3 spoke to the issue of proper venue in a district divided into divisions pursuant to an act of Congress.”
Lingley v. Fastener House (In Re Acme-Dunham, Inc.) (1984) meb “28 U.S.C. § 115 (a)(2). While the district courts have both original and exclusive jurisdiction of all cases under Title 11, see 28 U.”
Coffey v. Managed Properties, Inc. (1936) ca2 “” Whether, in view of section 54 of the Judicial Code ( 28 U.S.C.A. § 115 ), authorizing the bringing of local actions in the district where property is situated, section 70e is broad enough to cover actions by the trustee such as ejectment or replevin directly operating on land…”
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