List of justices of the Nebraska Supreme Court explained

Following is a list of justices of the Nebraska Supreme Court:

Territorial Supreme Court justices

JudgeBegan active
service
Ended active
service
18541857
18541860
18541857
1857[1] 1857
18571859
18571861
18581861
18591860
18611865[2]
18611867
18611863
18631867
18651867

State Supreme Court chief justices

Chief JusticeBegan serviceEnded serviceSeat/districtAppointed by
1867[3] 1873Seat IElected
1873[4] 1878[5] Seat II
18781878[6] Seat I
18781882Seat III
1882[7] 1884Seat II
18841886Seat I
18861888Seat III
18881890[8] Seat II
18901892Seat I
1892[9] 1894Seat III
18941896Seat II
18961898Seat I
18981900Seat III
19001902Seat II
19021904Seat I
19041906Seat III
19061908[10] Seat II
19081909Seat I
19091915At LargeAshton C. Shallenberger
1915[11] 1915At LargeJohn H. Morehead
1915[12] 1915At Large(pro tempore)
1915[13] 1927At LargeJohn H. Morehead
19271938At LargeAdam McMullen
1939[14] 1963At LargeRobert Leroy Cochran
19631978At LargeFrank Morrison
19781978[15] At Large(pro tempore)
19781987[16] At LargeJim Exon
1987[17] 1995At LargeKay Orr
1995[18] 1998At LargeBen Nelson
1998[19] 2006At Large
2006[20] IncumbentAt LargeDave Heineman

All State Supreme Court justices

JudgeBegan serviceEnded serviceSeat/districtAppointed by
[21] --Seat IElected[22]
18671873Seat I
18671884Seat II
18671873Seat III
18731878Seat I
18731894Seat III
1878[23] 1892Seat I
18841890Seat II
18901902Seat II
18921898Seat I
18941900Seat III
18981904Seat I
19001906Seat III
19021908Seat II
19041909Seat I
19061925Seat III / District 3Elected / Ashton C. Shallenberger
1908[24] 1915Seat II / CJ
1909[25] 1910[26] District 2Ashton C. Shallenberger
19091911District 5
[27] 19091917District 6
19091943District 1
1909[28] 1917District 4
1910[29] 1919District 2
19111918District 5Chester H. Aldrich
19151915CJJohn H. Morehead
1915[30] 1927CJ
19171920District 4Keith Neville
1917[31] 1935District 6
1918[32] 1924District 5
1920[33] 1923District 4Samuel R. McKelvie
1920[34] 1927District 2
19231937District 4Charles Bryan
1924[35] 1931District 5
19251925District 3Adam McMullen
1925[36] 1943District 3
19271938CJ
1928[37] 1929District 2
19291938District 2Arthur J. Weaver
19311949District 5Charles Bryan
19351971District 6Robert Leroy Cochran
1937[38] 1965District 4
1939[39] 1940District 2
19391963CJ
1941[40] 1965District 2
19431961District 1Dwight Griswold
19431961District 3
19491961District 5Val Peterson
19611979District 1Frank Morrison
19611994[41] District 5
1961[42] 1967District 3
19631978CJ
1965[43] 1983District 4
19651973District 2
19671977District 3Norbert Tiemann
19711982District 6Jim Exon
19741982District 2
1977[44] 1998District 3 / CJJim Exon / Ben Nelson
19781987CJJim Exon
1979[45] 1995District 1 / CJCharles Thone / Kay Orr
1982[46] 1998District 2Charles Thone
1983[47] 1993[48] District 6Bob Kerrey
1983[49] 1993District 4
1987[50] 1996District 1Kay Orr
1993[51] 1997[52] District 4Ben Nelson
1994[53] 2018[54] District 6
1994[55] 2016District 5
1995[56] 2012District 3
1997[57] 2015District 1
1997[58] 2016District 4
1998[59] 2006CJ
1998[60] IncumbentDistrict 2
2006IncumbentCJDave Heineman
2012[61] IncumbentDistrict 3
2015IncumbentDistrict 1Pete Ricketts
20162018[62] District 4
2016IncumbentDistrict 5
2018[63] IncumbentDistrict 4
2018[64] IncumbentDistrict 6

Information Gathered from Slipping Backward: A History of the Nebraska Supreme Court, the Nebraska Blue Book, and History of Nebraska By Morton & Watkins

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Notes and References

  1. Listed as an associate judge of the Supreme Court in Complete Session Laws, 1855-87, Vol. 1, Page 370. Declined appointment and did not serve.
  2. Granted leave of absence by President Lincoln to join the 7th Illinois Cavalry. Served as colonel in the regiment from Sept. 8, 1861, to June 1, 1862. Resigned as territorial chief justice in 1865.
  3. Appointed in 1867; elected in 1868.
  4. Named Chief Justice
  5. Returned to being Associate Justice
  6. Died while in office.
  7. Named Chief Justice a second time
  8. Served Again 1908-1915
  9. Named Chief Justice a Third Time
  10. Served again 1910-1919
  11. Served from Jan. 7 to 21, 1915; died Jan. 21, 1915.
  12. Acting Chief Justice Jan. 21 to 25, 1915.
  13. Appointed Chief Justice Jan. 25, 1915, to fill vacancy created by death of Chief Justice Hollenbeck.
  14. Appointed Nov. 12, 1938, to fill vacancy created by death of Chief Justice Goss. Term began Jan. 5, 1939.
  15. Served as Chief Justice pro tempore from Sept. 18 to Dec. 22, 1978.
  16. Resigned July 31, 1987.
  17. Named Chief Justice Sept. 2, 1987, following resignation of Chief Justice Krivosha.
  18. Named Chief Justice Jan. 26, 1995, to replace retiring Chief Justice Hastings.
  19. Appointed Aug. 5, 1998, to replace retiring Chief Justice C. Thomas White.
  20. Appointed Oct. 1, 2006, to replace retiring Chief Justice Hendry.
  21. Elected in 1867 but died before he qualified.
  22. Under the Nebraska Constitutions of 1866 and 1875, Supreme Court justices were elected by electors and not appointed by the Governor.
  23. Appointed in 1878 to fill vacancy created by death of Chief Justice Gantt, then elected 1879.
  24. Served Previously 1884-1890
  25. Constitutional amendment approved in 1908 increased number of Supreme Court judges from three to seven. The governor appointed four judges, two to serve until successors were elected in the 1909 general election, and the other two to serve until successors were elected in the 1911 general election.
  26. Served again from 1917-1935
  27. Acting chief justice Jan. 21 to 25, 1915.
  28. Was previously Chief Justice
  29. Served Previously 1902-1908
  30. Appointed chief justice Jan. 25, 1915, to fill vacancy created by death of Chief Justice Hollenbeck.
  31. Served Previously 1909-1910
  32. Appointed Nov. 16, 1918, to fill vacancy created by death of Judge Hamer. Aldrich died March 10, 1924.
  33. Appointed April 21, 1920, to fill vacancy created by death of Judge Cornish.
  34. Appointed Jan. 8, 1920, to fill vacancy created by death of Judge Sedgwick. Judge Day died Dec. 20, 1927.
  35. Appointed April 15, 1924, to fill vacancy created by death of Judge Aldrich.
  36. Appointed July 24, 1925, to fill vacancy created by death of Judge Evans.
  37. Appointed Dec. 29, 1927, to fill vacancy created by death of Judge George A. Day.
  38. Appointed Aug. 9, 1937, to fill vacancy created by death of Judge Good.
  39. Appointed Nov. 28, 1938, to fill vacancy created by death of Judge L. B. Day. Term began Jan. 3, 1939. Resigned Nov. 8, 1940, upon appointment to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
  40. Appointed Nov. 18, 1940, to fill vacancy created by resignation of Judge Johnsen.
  41. Retired.
  42. Appointed March 13, 1961, to fill vacancy created by death of Judge Wenke.
  43. Appointed to fill vacancy.
  44. Appointed Jan. 6, 1977, to replace retiring Judge Newton.
  45. Appointed Jan. 31, 1979, to replace retiring Judge Spencer.
  46. Appointed Dec. 21, 1981, to replace retiring Judge Brodkey.
  47. Appointed March 24, 1983, to fill vacancy created by death of Judge Clinton.
  48. Resigned to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.
  49. Appointed Sept. 1, 1983, to replace retiring Judge McCown.
  50. Appointed Nov. 13, 1987, to fill vacancy created when Judge Hastings was named chief justice.
  51. Appointed Oct. 14, 1992, to replace retiring Judge Grant.
  52. Voters removed Judge Lanphier from the bench in 1996.
  53. Appointed Jan. 27, 1994, to replace Judge Shanahan, who resigned to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.
  54. Web site: Nebraska Supreme Court Justice John Wright dies following lengthy illness. Lori. Pilger. JournalStar.com.
  55. Appointed Nov. 17, 1994, to replace retiring Judge Leslie Boslaugh.
  56. Appointed April 20, 1995, to fill vacancy created when Judge C. Thomas White was named chief justice.
  57. Appointed Jan. 27, 1997, to replace retiring Judge Farhnbruch.
  58. Appointed Jan. 28, 1997, to fill vacancy created when voters removed Judge Lanphier from the bench.
  59. Appointed chief justice Aug. 5, 1998, to replace retiring Chief Justice C. Thomas White.
  60. Appointed Aug. 5, 1998, to replace retiring Judge Caporale.
  61. Appointed April 26, 2012, to fill vacancy created by appointment of John M. Gerrard to the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.
  62. Web site: Nebraska Supreme Court judge resigned after ethics complaint; sexual comments emerge | State and Regional News | omaha.com.
  63. Web site: Ricketts' pick for Nebraska Supreme Court 'operating on higher level,' colleague says. Lori. Pilger. JournalStar.com.
  64. Web site: Newly appointed Lancaster County judge tapped for seat on Nebraska Supreme Court. Riley. Johnson. JournalStar.com.