The Ohio Court of Claims is a court of limited, state-wide jurisdiction. The court's jurisdiction extends to matters in which:

1. the State of Ohio
   Ohio
   Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
   
    is a party, and
2. the state has waived its sovereign immunity
   Sovereign immunity
   Sovereign immunity, or crown immunity, is a legal doctrine by which the sovereign or state cannot commit a legal wrong and is immune from civil suit or criminal prosecution....
   
    by statute.

The judges of the Court of Claims sit by assignment by the chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court

Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court

The office of Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court was created in 1912 as an elected office with a term of six years. Prior to this, there were Chief Judges. The office is currently held by Maureen O'Connor.-Chief Judges of the Ohio Supreme Court:...

. Currently, all three assigned judges are retired judges:

• Joseph Clark
• Clark Weaver
• J. Craig Wright
  J. Craig Wright
  J. Craig Wright is a former Republican justice of the Ohio Supreme Court who served in that office from 1985 to 1996....
  
  

Appeals from the Court of Claims are heard in the Tenth District Court of Appeals.

The court is located in the Ohio Judicial Center in Columbus.

The Court's web site is http://www.cco.state.oh.us/