The Supreme Court of Florida is the highest judicial body in the state and sits at the apex of the Florida State Courts System. Its membership consists of seven justices–one of whom serves as Chief Justice–who are appointed by the Governor of Florida to 6-year terms and remain in office if retained in a general election near the end of each term.[1]
List of justices
- * denotes justices who served as chief justice for at least part of their tenure on the court while denotes currently-serving justices.
See also
References
- ^ "Supreme Court of Florida".
- ^ Succession of Justices of Supreme Court of Florida Supreme Court of Florida
- ^ "Lottery Today to Select A Chief Justice in Florida", The New York Times, January 2, 1923, p. 17
Further reading
- Manley, Walter W.; Brown, Canter (1997). The Supreme Court of Florida and its predecessor courts, 1821-1917. University Press of Florida. ISBN 0-8130-2298-3. OCLC 1156918894.
- Manley, Walter W.; Brown, Canter (2006). The Supreme Court of Florida, 1917-1972. University Press of Florida. ISBN 0-8130-3782-4. OCLC 1162568991.
- Dyckman, Martin A. (2008). A Most Disorderly Court : Scandal and Reform in the Florida Judiciary. University Press of Florida. ISBN 978-0-8130-5925-9. OCLC 883571079.
- Skene, Neil (2017). The Supreme Court of Florida : a journey toward justice, 1972-1987. University Press of Florida. ISBN 978-0-8130-5448-3. OCLC 959592354.
