Quotation על סנהדרין 62:21

HALAKHAH: “Each of them disqualifies the other’s judge,” etc. So is the Mishnah: Each of them disqualifies the other’s judge, but not his own. Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish said, they spoke about Syrian courts⁸Greek ἀρχεῖον, cf. Giṭṭin 1:5, Note 107., but not about following Torah law⁹Ad hoc courts formed by ignorant people.. Rebbi Joḥanan said, even following Torah law¹⁰In a court of arbitration it makes no difference whether a judge be learned in the law or not.. How was this said? Two people had a case in Antioch. One said to the other, I am accepting everything which Rebbi Joḥanan will decide¹¹Implying that he wants the case to be tried before the permanent court of the Academy in Tiberias.. Rebbi Joḥanan heard it and said, he is not empowered to tear apart his opponent¹²By forcing him to spend money and time in travelling from Antioch to Tiberias., but they shall hear their arguments there and if need be they should write and send the case before the rabbis¹³If one party wants to try a case out of town, the other party can appeal to the local permanent court to try the case in town, subject to submitting arguments in dispute to an out-of-town court of appeals; Babli 31b.. Rebbi Eleazar said, if one says in Tiberias, but the other said in Sepphoris, one listens to the one who says in Tiberias¹⁴Between the court of the Academy in Tiberias and the local court in Sepphoris, precedence must be given to the court of the Academy..