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unusual facts about Virginia Supreme Court



J. Thomas Newsome

Joseph Thomas Newsome (1869–1942) was the first African-American lawyer in post-Civil War Newport News, Virginia, to practice before the Virginia Supreme Court.


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Brent Benjamin

During the 2004 Judicial campaign, Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship spent $3 million in a state-wide ad campaign to defeat then West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Warren McGraw, whom Benjamin was challenging.

Christiansburg, Virginia

Archer Allen Phlegar, Virginia Supreme Court justice, Virginia State Senator

Henry Holt

Henry W. Holt (1864–1947), Chief Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court

Justice Baldwin

Briscoe Baldwin, an Associate Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals

Justice Carr

Dabney Carr, an Associate Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court from 1824 to 1837

Justice Harrison

George Moffett Harrison, an Associate Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals

Albertis S. Harrison, Jr., an Associate Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals

Justice Richardson

Robert A. Richardson (died 1895), Associate Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals

Justice West

Jesse F. West, an Associate Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals

Poffenbarger

George Poffenbarger (1861-1951), justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court