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This is a list of the justices of the Supreme Court of Georgia, the highest judicial authority of the U.S. state of ... 1979: 1994: 1990–1992 1992–1994 Hardy ...
Congress specified the Court's original and appellate jurisdiction, created 13 judicial districts, and fixed the initial size of the Supreme Court. The number of justices on the Supreme Court was changed six times before settling at the present total of nine in 1869. [1] A total of 115 persons have served on the Supreme Court since 1789.
The Supreme Court of Georgia is located at the Nathan Deal Judicial Center in Atlanta. The Supreme Court of Georgia is the highest judicial authority of the U.S. state of Georgia. The court was established in 1845 as a three-member panel, increased in number to six, then to seven in 1945, and finally to nine in 2017. [1]
Since the Supreme Court was established in 1789, 116 people have served on the Court. The length of service on the Court for the 107 non-incumbent justices ranges from William O. Douglas's 36 years, 209 days to John Rutledge's 1 year, 18 days as associate justice and, separated by a period of years off the Court, his 138 days as chief justice.
Pages in category "Justices of the Supreme Court of Georgia (U.S. state)" The following 77 pages are in this category, out of 77 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Fifty years ago, lawyers squared off before the U.S. Supreme Court in the landmark case known as Milliken v. Bradley. Spoiler alert: In July 1974, the court ruled against cross-district busing in ...
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The Judiciary Act of 1789 (1 Stat. 73) set the number of Supreme Court justices at six: one chief justice and five associate justices. [2] One of the associate justice seats established in 1789 (seat 5 below) was later abolished, as a result of the Judicial Circuits Act of 1866 (14 Stat. 209), which provided for the gradual elimination of seats on the Supreme Court until there would be seven ...