The Supreme Court of the State of Ohio is the highest court in the U.S. state of Ohio,with final authority over interpretations of Ohio law and the Ohio Constitution. The court has seven members,a chief justice and six associate justices,who are elected at large by the voters of Ohio for six-year terms. The court has a total of 1,550 other employees. Since 2004,the court has met in the Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center on the east bank of the Scioto River in Downtown Columbus. Prior to 2004,the court met in the James A. Rhodes State Office Tower and earlier in the Judiciary Annex of the Ohio Statehouse.
Maureen O'Connor is an American lawyer and judge who served as the chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court from 2011 to 2022. She was elected to the court in 2002,becoming chief justice in 2010. She was the first woman to lead the Ohio Supreme Court and the longest serving woman elected statewide in Ohio's History.
The Supreme Court of Missouri is the highest court in the state of Missouri. It was established in 1820 and is located at 207 West High Street in Jefferson City,Missouri. Missouri voters have approved changes in the state's constitution to give the Supreme Court exclusive jurisdiction –the sole legal power to hear –over five types of cases on appeal. Pursuant to Article V,Section 3 of the Missouri Constitution,these cases involve:
Dana Anderson Fabe is an American lawyer,retired judge,and mediator. She served as a justice of the Alaska Supreme Court from 1996 to 2016,including three terms as the court's chief justice. She previously served as an Alaska trial court judge for nearly eight years,from 1988 to 1996. Fabe was the first woman appointed to the Alaska Supreme Court,as well as its first female chief justice.
Paul Holden Anderson is an American attorney and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. He served as chief judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals from 1992 to 1994.
Richard B. Teitelman was a judge and chief justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri.
The Supreme Court of Louisiana is the highest court and court of last resort in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The modern Supreme Court,composed of seven justices,meets in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
Laura Denvir Stith is a former judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri. She served from 2001 to 2021. She was elected by her fellow Supreme Court justices to serve a two-year term as Chief Justice,from July 1,2007,to June 30,2009,becoming the second woman to serve as Missouri's highest-ranking jurist.
The Idaho Supreme Court is the state supreme court of Idaho and is composed of the chief justice and four associate justices.
Susan Jane Denham,SC is a retired Irish judge who served as Chief Justice of Ireland from 2011 to 2017,she was the first woman to hold the position. She served as a Judge of the Supreme Court from 1992 to 2017,and was the third longest-serving member of the court on her retirement. She also served as a Judge of the High Court from 1991 to 1992.
Patricia Breckenridge is a former judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri. She was first appointed to the court in 2007 and served as chief justice from July 1,2015,to June 30,2017. Breckenridge was the fourth woman to be appointed to the high court.
Samuel Nelson was an American attorney and appointed as judge of New York State courts. He was appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States,serving from 1845 to 1872. He concurred on the 1857 Dred Scott decision,although for reasons different from Chief Justice Taney's.
Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye is an American lawyer and jurist who was the 28th Chief Justice of California and is the president/CEO of the Public Policy Institute of California. She was nominated by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to serve as chief justice on July 22,2010,and retained in office by California voters on November 2,2010,she was sworn in on January 3,2011 as California's first Filipino and first woman of color to serve as California's Chief Justice. Prior to her appointment as chief justice,Cantil-Sakauye had served in judicial offices on California's appellate and trial courts. On July 27,2022,she announced she would retire and not run for another 12 year term on the court in November and step down on January 1,2023,leaving Governor Newsom to appoint her replacement. On September 28,2022,the Public Policy Institute of California announced that Cantil-Sakauye would become its president and chief executive officer,effective January 1,2023. On September 21,2023,the Judicial Council of California voted unanimously to name the new Sacramento County courthouse after former Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye.
Mary Isabel Yu is an American jurist and Associate Justice of the Washington Supreme Court and former judge of the King County Superior Court. She is the state's first openly gay,Asian American,and Latina Justice. She is also the 6th woman currently serving and the 11th woman ever to serve on Washington state's Supreme Court.
Noma D. Gurich is an American attorney and jurist who is serving as an associate justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court. Gurich was appointed the State's highest court by Governor Brad Henry in 2010 and assumed office on February 15,2011. Gurich was appointed to the Court following the death of long-time Justice Marian P. Opala. Gurich is the third woman in state history after Alma Wilson and Yvonne Kauger to be appointed to the Supreme Court.
Blanche Ethel Krupansky was a Cleveland,Ohio,United States judge who became the second woman to sit on the Ohio Supreme Court when she was appointed in 1981.
Mary Ellen Barbera is an American lawyer and jurist from Baltimore,Maryland.
Paul C. Wilson is an American lawyer who has served as a judge of the Missouri Supreme Court. He was appointed in 2012,and was formerly a circuit judge in the 19th Judicial Circuit.
Robin Ransom is an American lawyer who serves as a judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri. She was appointed to the court in 2021 by Governor Mike Parson,and is the first African-American woman to hold the position. Prior to her appointment to the Supreme Court,Ransom served on the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Eastern District from 2019 to 2021 and served on the St. Louis Circuit Court from 2008 to 2019.
