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Thomas M. Reavley, the oldest active federal judge who served for 41 years on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, has died. Reavley died on Tuesday in Houston, the Texas Supreme Court announced.
The Court noted that "[f]ederal judges are appointed for life, not for eternity". [12] Traditionally, law clerks of the deceased judge may be reassigned to other judges on the same court, or may be held over in chambers to work for the successor appointed to replace the deceased judge, although there is no legal requirement or guarantee that ...
Americans mourned the loss of legendary U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg when she died in office at age 87 in September. Similarly, Justice Antonin Scalia died at age 79 in 2016 ...
John P. Slough. John P. Slough was appointed by President Andrew Johnson to serve as chief justice of the New Mexico Territorial Supreme Court.In 1867, William Logan Rynerson, a member of the Territorial Legislative Council, took part in a campaign to denigrate the judge, and authored a resolution in the legislature to have the judge removed, leading Slough to slander Rynerson publicly.
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor in March 28, 1992. - Diana Walker/The Chronicle Collection/Getty Images O’Connor also wrote a 5-4 opinion upholding the University of Michigan Law ...
The associate justices were the judges of the eight district courts of Texas. The district judges, whose first session was January 13, 1840, served with the chief justice as associate justices from January 13, 1840 to December 29, 1845, when Texas was admitted into the United States:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Supreme Court justice who was as pioneering as she was brash, died Friday, the high court said. The court said Ginsburg, a lifelong champion of women's rights and a fierce ...
Justices of the Republic of Texas Supreme Court (1 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Justices of the Supreme Court of Texas" The following 128 pages are in this category, out of 128 total.