Indiana Legal Overview: Louisville-Jefferson County-Elizabethtown-Scottsburg The Louisville-Jefferson County-Elizabethtown-Scottsburg metropolitan area covers 11 counties in Kentucky and five in Indiana. Another way to look at it would as a combined statistical area (CSA) with three constituent metro areas including the Louisville-Jefferson County, Elizabethtown and Scottsburg metro areas. The Louisville-Jefferson County MSA covers nine counties in Kentucky along with Clark, Floyd, Harrison and Washington counties in Indiana. The Elizabethtown MSA covers two counties in Kentucky and Scottsburg covers Scott County in Indiana. Listed below are the major Indiana cities that come under the Louisville-Jefferson County-Elizabethtown-Scottsburg metro area.
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1. Each county in Indiana is served by superior and circuit courts that have original jurisdiction over all cases filed in that county. Local rules determine which of the two courts gets jurisdiction over a specific case. The Clark County Circuit Court takes original jurisdiction over all civil and criminal matters, whereas in Washington County, the superior and civil courts share jurisdiction and there is a small claims court for matters that do not exceed $6,000. Similarly, Scott, Floyd and Harrison counties each have their own superior and circuit courts based in Scottsburg, Jeffersonville and Corydon respectively.
Trending Legal Topics: Appeals from magistrate and city courts can be heard by the circuit courts. Superior and circuit court appeals are heard by the Indiana Court of Appeals, located in Indianapolis. The Indiana Supreme Court is the court of last resort. Federal cases in all five of the aforementioned counties have to be filed with the New Albany Division of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. All federal appeals in the state of Indiana are heard by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. |