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*the Supreme Court.
*the Supreme Court.
The municipal courts sit in every municipality, although smaller municipalities in a county may share a judge, and are under the supervision of the Superior Court. Unusually, the Superior Court, not the municipal courts, functions as the [[Small Claims Court]].
The municipal courts sit in every municipality, although smaller municipalities in a county may share a judge, and are under the supervision of the Superior Court. Unusually, the Superior Court, not the municipal courts, functions as the [[Small Claims Court]].
===Pennsylvania===
The [[Pennsylvania]] judiciary includes:
*the minor courts, including the Philadelphia Municipal Court, the Philadelphia Traffic Court, the Pittsburgh Municipal Court, and magisterial district judges elsewhere;
*the Courts of Common Pleas, the upper-leval trial courts;
*two intermediate appellate courts: the Commonwealth Court, for matters concerning state and local government; and the Superior Court, for all other matters; and
*the Supreme Court.
The Commonwealth Court also serves as a trial court for suits by or against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.<ref>[http://www.pacourts.us/default.htm The Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania]</ref>
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