
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 teen pageant contestant denies owing a friend $1,800; a woman says she was concerned for the safety of her former roommate's young child, but waited eight months to call children's services.

Divorcing parents with a history of assault and arrest fight over a truck.

Despite speeding, a motorcyclist blames another driver for a fender-bender; ex-tenants deny trashing their old apartment.

A felon learns that her crime frightened her neighbors' children; a mother storms out of the courtroom in a rage.