
This courtroom series stars former family court judge Judy Sheindlin. Each episode finds Judge Judy presiding over real small-claims cases inside a televised courtroom. Her no-nonsense, wisecracking approach has been unsuccessfully copied by other TV court judges.

A good Samaritan who gave two teens a home is accused of kicking one of them out as she went into labor; the judge shares her old technique of patching a dorm-room wall.

A young man says he spent time in prison because his ex-friend stole his identity; a former couple fight over a ring, a video camera and a dog.

Accusations of assault between unwed parents; a landlady says tenants vandalized the property, and they countersue for harassment.

A woman sues her ex-boyfriend for credit-card debt, parking tickets, impound fees and car-repair costs; a man's former lover sues him for thousands of dollars.