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This is a list of past and present judges of the Supreme Court of Virginia.The court's name was the Supreme Court of Appeals until it was changed in 1971. [1] Members were titled Judge until a 1928 constitutional amendment changed the title to Justice and designated the presiding member Chief Justice.
An act of the new General Assembly in 1779 created four superior courts, including the Supreme Court of Appeals, to be composed of judges of the other three existing courts: the Admiralty, the General, and the Chancery Courts. The Supreme Court of Appeals, which served as a model for the United States Supreme Court, first convened in ...
The Judiciary of Virginia is defined under the Constitution and law of Virginia and is composed of the Supreme Court of Virginia and subordinate courts, including the Court of Appeals, the Circuit Courts, and the General District Courts. Its administration is headed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the Judicial Council, the Committee ...
Only active, non-senior-status judges may fill one of the 677 authorized judgeships. In addition, a small number of judges are concurrently appointed to more than one judgeship. While some judges with senior status are inactive, these judges are not yet retired and may return to actively hearing cases at any time.
A 1971 Virginia Court System Study Commission stated the need for a unified court system to handle appeals. [1] The Court of Appeals of Virginia was established on January 1, 1985, as an intermediate court of limited appellate jurisdiction, initially with ten judges, with an eleventh judge added in 2000.
The California Commission on Judicial Performance is responsible for investigating complaints of judicial misconduct, judicial incapacity, and disciplining state judges, and is composed of 11 members, each appointed four-year terms: 3 judges appointed by the California Supreme Court, 4 members appointed by the governor (2 attorneys and 2 non ...
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State courts of Virginia. Supreme Court of Virginia [336] Court of Appeals of Virginia [337] Virginia Circuit Court (120 courts divided among 31 judicial circuits) [338] Virginia General District Court (courts in 32 districts) [339] Virginia Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court (courts in 32 districts) [340] Federal courts located in ...