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The following is a list of justices of the Delaware Supreme Court.From 1772 to 1950, Delaware did not have appointed Supreme Court justices. Instead, appeals from intermediate appellate determinations were taken to "The High Court of Errors and Appeals" – a panel made up of the state Chancellor, and all judges of the "Supreme Court" and of the Courts of Common Pleas who had not previously ...
He arrived at Lewis in 1721, [2] and held numerous offices in the following years. He was named high sheriff of Delaware in 1727, the same time he was serving as Collector of Public Levy for Lewes and Rehoboth, and Indian River Hundreds. He was named Overseer of the Highways for Lewes and Rehoboth in 1728, and also served as Justice of the Peace.
Randy James Holland (January 27, 1947 – March 15, 2022) [1] [2] was a justice of the Delaware Supreme Court. [3] He was appointed to that office in 1986 and was the youngest person to serve on the Delaware Supreme Court. [4] He retired from the Court in 2017. His seat was taken by Justice Gary Traynor.
Following the English conquest of 1664, all of the land on the western side of the Delaware River and Delaware Bay was governed as part of the New York Colony and administered from the town of New Castle. During the brief recapture of the colony by the Dutch in 1673, additional court districts were created around Upland and Whorekill. [4]
Born on May 22, 1771, near Lewes, Delaware Colony, Province of Pennsylvania, British America, Fisher read law in 1791. He entered private practice in Dover, Delaware from 1791 to 1812. He was clerk for the Delaware General Assembly. He was Secretary of State of Delaware starting in 1802, and again starting in 1811. [1]
Jennings was born on April 4, 1953 in Wilmington, Delaware. [1] She was raised by a single mother and two grandparents. [2] Jennings graduated from Mount Pleasant High School in 1971 and subsequently earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Delaware and Juris Doctor from the Villanova University School of Law.
On October 24, 2019, Governor John Carney announced Seitz as his nominee to be the next Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court. [4] On November 7, 2019, his nomination was confirmed unanimously by the Delaware Senate. [5] He was sworn into office on November 8, 2019. [6]
Samuel Paynter (August 24, 1768 – October 2, 1845) was an American merchant and politician from Drawbridge, in Broadkill Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party , who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as Governor of Delaware .