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This is a list of the first minority male lawyers and judges in Mississippi, United States. It includes the year in which the men were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are men who achieved other distinctions such becoming the first in their state to graduate from law school or become a political figure.
Pages in category "Justices of the Supreme Court of Mississippi" The following 109 pages are in this category, out of 109 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Justice: Began service: Ended service: Post: Notes William L. Sharkey: 1832: 1850: District 1, Post 1 [3]: Chief Justice, 1833–1851 Cotesworth P. Smith: 1832 1840 1850
Hinds County Court. Subdistrict 2. Mississippi Supreme Court. Four Mississippi Supreme Court seats are up for election: Presiding Justice Jim Kitchens and Associate Justice Dawn Beam face challengers.
The Supreme Court of Mississippi is the court of last resort in the state. [25] The state constitution grants the Supreme Court broad jurisdiction to review cases that raise questions of law. It only has original jurisdiction over legal cases arising from actions taken by the Mississippi Public Service Commission to alter utility rates and in ...
The Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday struck down part of a state law that would have authorized some circuit court judges to be appointed rather than elected in the capital city of Jackson ...
The electoral maps used to elect Supreme Court justices (“Enacted Plan”), which have not been changed since 1987, cut the Mississippi Delta in half and do not contain any majority-Black voting ...
First female (Mississippi Court of Appeals): Mary Libby Payne in 1995 [15] First female (Chief Justice; Mississippi Supreme Court): Lenore L. Prather (1955) in 1998 [14] [10] First African American female (Mississippi Court of Appeals): Ermea Russell in 2011 [16] [17] First female (Chief Judge; Mississippi Court of Appeals): Donna Barnes in ...