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July 16, 2009. The Rhode Island Supreme Court is the court of last resort in the U.S. State of Rhode Island. The Court consists of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices, all selected by the Governor of Rhode Island from candidates vetted by the Judicial Nominating Commission. Each justice enjoys lifetime tenure and no mandatory retirement ...
Courts of Rhode Island include: State courts of Rhode Island. Rhode Island Supreme Court [1] Rhode Island Superior Courts [2] Rhode Island District Courts [3] Rhode Island Family Courts [4] Rhode Island Workers' Compensation Courts [5] Rhode Island Traffic Tribunals [6] Federal courts located in Rhode Island.
This is a list of associate justices of the Rhode Island Supreme Court from 1747 to the present. The justices are listed under the term of the chief justice sitting at the time of their appointments (for a complete list of the chief justices, see List of chief justices of the Rhode Island Supreme Court).
The Rhode Island Supreme Court was created in 1747 and used the title of Superior Court of Judicature, Court of Assize, and General Gaol Delivery.When established, the court consisted of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices (for a list of the Associate Justices, see List of the Justices of the Rhode Island Supreme Court) Following are the Chief Justices from 1747 to the present:
With its wide jurisdiction, Rhode Island's Superior Court stays quite busy. The court oversees all felony proceedings, civil cases in amounts of over $10,000 and, according to the court's website ...
The Superior Court is the trial court of record in Rhode Island and is the only Rhode Island court for hearing jury trials. The lower District Courts hear trials of misdemeanor cases, and the decisions of the District Court may be appealed to the Superior Court for a trial de novo (new trial). The Superior Court has a specialized business court ...
The United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island (in case citations, D.R.I.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Rhode Island. The District Court was created in 1790 when Rhode Island ratified the Constitution. The Federal Courthouse was built in 1908. Appeals from the District of Rhode Island are ...
February 11, 1951 (age 73) Pawtucket, Rhode Island, U.S. Spouse. Robert D. Goldberg. Education. Providence College ( BA) Suffolk University ( JD) Maureen McKenna Goldberg (born February 11 1951) [1] is an American jurist who is currently the senior justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court. [2]