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Edward C. Tolman

The resulting court case, Tolman v. Underhill, led to the California Supreme Court in 1955 overturning the oath and forcing the reinstatement of all those who had refused to sign it; Tolman could be considered a hero.


Darla K. Anderson

They first married on Presidents' Day 2004 while San Francisco was issuing same-sex marriage licenses, but those licenses were voided by the state Supreme Court.

Theo Mitchell

However, the state Supreme Court issued a public reprimand in 2005 to Mitchell because of the use of the word Associates in the law firm's name because there were no other practicing attorneys in his law firm that were licensed in South Carolina.

Victoria A. Graffeo

On January 1, 1995, she was appointed Solicitor General for the State of New York by Attorney General Dennis C. Vacco and served in that capacity until appointed, in September 1996, by Governor George E. Pataki to fill a vacancy in the State Supreme Court, Third Judicial District.


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Alabama Public Service Commission

Commissioner Jim Zeigler, following his single term on the PSC, ran for state supreme court, civil appeals court, state treasurer and state auditor, losing each by narrow margins, thus earning the nickname "Mr. 49%." He made a comeback in 2004 when he surprised the political establishment by defeating long-time Republican National Committeeman and former Chief Justice Perry O. Hooper, Sr. for Statewide Delegate to the Republican National Convention.

Albany and Susquehanna Railroad

Gould and Fisk, incensed by his actions, had him suspended as president of the A&S by a judge they controlled on the New York State Supreme Court, George G. Barnard.

Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia

District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the highest court of the District of Columbia, equivalent to a state supreme court, established in 1970

David Prosser

David Prosser, Jr. (born 1942), American jurist, member of the Wisconsin State Supreme Court

Frank Newman

Frank C. Newman (1917–1996), US law school dean, state supreme court judge, and scholar and reformer in international human rights law

George Cochran

George M. Cochran (1912–2011), Virginia State Supreme Court Justice

James Duffy

James E. Duffy, Jr. (born 1942), retired associate justice of the Hawaii State Supreme Court

Jeffrey P. Victory

United States District Judge Susie Morgan ruled in September 2012 that Johnson had the greater seniority but did not specifically require the state Supreme Court to designate her as chief justice.

John Gerrard

John M. Gerrard (born 1953), judge on the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska and formerly a Justice of the Nebraska State Supreme Court

Justice Richardson

William S. Richardson (1919–2010), Chief Justice of the Hawaiʻi State Supreme Court

Olene S. Walker

Olene Walker was the first female governor to be sworn in by a female Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court, Christine M. Durham.

Ralph Nader presidential campaign, 2004

Secretary of State Bill Bradbury disqualified many of his signatures as fraudulent; the Marion County Circuit Court ruled that this action was unconstitutional as the criteria for Bradbury's disqualifications were based upon "unwritten rules" not found in electoral code, but the state Supreme Court ultimately reversed this ruling.

Richard B. Teitelman

In 1998, he was appointed to the Missouri Court of Appeals by Governor Mel Carnahan, serving in that capacity until his appointment to the state Supreme Court by Governor Bob Holden in 2002.

Ronald Moon

Governor John Waihee then elevated Moon to the office of Associate Justice of the Hawaii State Supreme Court in 1990.

Simeon R. Acoba, Jr.

In 1969, Acoba returned to Honolulu to become a law clerk for Hawaii State Supreme Court Chief Justice William S. Richardson.

St. Stephens, Alabama

Among the prominent citizens of St. Stephens was Henry Hitchcock, first attorney general of Alabama and later chief justice of the state Supreme Court.

Steven L. Zinter

South Dakota Governor Bill Janklow appointed him to the state supreme court on April 2, 2002.

Supreme Court of the Irish Free State

Though the Irish Free State and its constitution were abolished with the commencement of a new constitution, the Constitution of Ireland on 29 December 1937, the Free State Supreme Court continued in existence as the provisional supreme court of the new state until 1961 when the new Supreme Court of Ireland, which had been created in 1937, was formally brought into being.

Thomas C. Lynch

He was appointed to the post by Governor Pat Brown in 1964 to succeed Stanley Mosk, who was appointed to the state Supreme Court by Brown.

Varnum v. Brien

Iowa business owner Bob Vander Plaats, in his unsuccessful bid for the Republican gubernatorial primary, promised to "issue an executive order that puts a stay on same-sex marriages until the people of Iowa vote", although state officials said that the governor lacks the power to halt the implementation of State Supreme Court decisions.

Victor Robles

At a young age, he was asked by his mother to translate for her at neighborhood meetings and protests; through these activities, he caught the attention of former assemblyman and State Supreme Court Justice Gilbert Ramirez, who introduced him to Shirley Chisholm.

Wenke

Ad Wenke (1898-1961), American footballer and state supreme court justice

William M. Levy

He was appointed associate justice of the State supreme court in 1879 and served until his death in Saratoga, New York, August 14, 1882.