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The High Court of Ireland is a court which deals at first instance with the most serious and important civil and criminal cases. The High Court is composed of its president, 42 ordinary judges, and additional judges being ex officio the Chief Justice, the President of the Court of Appeal, the President of the Circuit Court, and former chief justices and courts presidents who remain judges.
John Louis Coffey (April 15, 1922 – November 10, 2012) was an American lawyer and jurist from Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. He served as a judge of the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals from 1982 until his death, taking senior status in 2004.
First African American male: Roderick B. Thomas in 1874 [5] [6] First African American male (circuit judge): Cain James Kennedy (1971) in 1979 [7] First African American male (probate court): William McKinley Branch in 1970 [8] [9] [10] First African American male (Alabama Supreme Court): Oscar W. Adams Jr. (1947) in 1980 [11] [12]
Jennie Loitman Barron, 1937–1959; first woman to serve as a full-time judge in Massachusetts. [27] Matthew Brown, 1962–1972; special justice of the Municipal Court of Boston [28] Margaret Burnham, 1977–1982; First African American female judge in Massachusetts [29] [30] Richard J. Chin, 1989–1993; first Asian American judge in ...
A new judge has been assigned to the cases of the men charged in connection with the 2021 killing of Young Dolph after Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Lee V. Coffee recused himself from the ...
The Courts of Criminal Appeals review the cases for legal error, factual sufficiency, and sentence appropriateness. All other cases are subject to review by judge advocates under regulations issued by each service. After such review, the Judge Advocate General may refer a case to the appropriate Court of Criminal Appeals.
Unlike the Supreme Court, where one justice is specifically nominated to be chief, the office of chief judge rotates among the district court judges. To be chief, a judge must have been in active service on the court for at least one year, be under the age of 65, and have not previously served as chief judge.
To be eligible for a seat on the Court of Military Commission Review, candidates must currently be serving as a judge on either the Army Court of Criminal Appeals, the Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals, the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals, or be nominated by the President of the United States. In 2016, all judges on the court ...