William Paterson was an American statesman,lawyer,jurist,and signer of the United States Constitution. He was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court,the second governor of New Jersey,and a Founding Father of the United States.
Richard Joseph Hughes was an American lawyer,politician,and judge. A Democrat,he served as the 45th governor of New Jersey from 1962 to 1970,and as Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1973 to 1979. Hughes is the only person to have served New Jersey as both governor and chief justice. Hughes was also the first Roman Catholic governor in New Jersey's history.
Charles Hamilton Houston was an American lawyer. He was the dean of Howard University Law School and NAACP first special counsel. A graduate of Amherst College and Harvard Law School,Houston played a significant role in dismantling Jim Crow laws,especially attacking segregation in schools and racial housing covenants. He earned the title "The Man Who Killed Jim Crow".
The Judiciary Act of 1789 was a United States federal statute enacted on September 24,1789,during the first session of the First United States Congress. It established the federal judiciary of the United States. Article III,Section 1 of the Constitution prescribed that the "judicial power of the United States,shall be vested in one Supreme Court,and such inferior Courts" as Congress saw fit to establish. It made no provision for the composition or procedures of any of the courts,leaving this to Congress to decide.
James Andrew Wynn Jr. is an American jurist. He serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and formerly served on both the North Carolina Court of Appeals and the North Carolina Supreme Court.
James Coleman may refer to:
William Thaddeus Coleman Jr. was an American attorney and judge. Coleman was the fourth United States Secretary of Transportation,from March 7,1975,to January 20,1977,and the second African American to serve in the United States Cabinet. As an attorney,Coleman played a major role in significant civil rights cases. At the time of his death,Coleman was the oldest living former Cabinet member.
James Ronald Zazzali is an American jurist who served as Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from October 26,2006,until his retirement on June 17,2007. He previously served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court from June 14,2000.
John E. Wallace Jr. is a former Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court.
William Henry Hastie Jr. was an American lawyer,judge,educator,public official,and civil rights advocate. He was the first African American to serve as Governor of the United States Virgin Islands,as a federal judge,and as a federal appellate judge. He served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and previously served as District Judge of the District Court of the Virgin Islands.
Pasco Middleton Bowman II is an American attorney and jurist serving as a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Ernest Adolphus Finney Jr. was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice appointed to the South Carolina Supreme Court since the Reconstruction Era. He spent the last years of his life in Sumter,South Carolina. He was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
William J. Brennan,Jr.,who authored the opinion in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan,has several awards named in his honor,which are presented to individuals for dedication to public interest and free expression. Awards named after William J. Brennan,Jr. are presented by the following organizations.
William &Mary Law School,formally the Marshall-Wythe School of Law,is the law school of the College of William &Mary,a public research university in Williamsburg,Virginia. It is the oldest extant law school in the United States,having been founded in 1779 at the urging of alumnus Thomas Jefferson. As of 2023,it has an enrollment of 606 full-time students seeking a Juris Doctor (J.D.) or a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in the American Legal System,a two or three semester program for lawyers trained outside the United States.
Michael Andre Shipp is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. He is a former United States magistrate judge of the same court.
