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Cecil E. Johnson
Cecil E. Johnson (July 26, 1888 – April 19, 1955)"Memorials", 9 Arkansas Law Review 346 (1954-1955).Arkansas CourtsA Self-Guided Tour of Justice Building Portraits(2016), p. 7. was chief justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court from 1933 to 1936. Born in Lockesburg, Arkansas, Johnson gained admission to the bar in 1909 and entered the private practice of law. In 1922, he was elected Chancellor of the Sixth Chancery District of Arkansas. Johnson was active in the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, and was a key political advisor to Arkansas Governor Junius Marion Futrell, so much so that the state bar association "was distressed by Governor Futrell's appointment of C. E. Johnson as chief justice".Diane D. Blair and Jay Barth, ''Arkansas Politics and Government'' (2005), p. 439. Johnson was appointed to the seat vacated by the death of Chief Justice Jesse C. Hart, and was re-elected to the seat in 1934. His bid for reelection in 1936 failed, and he was defeated by Grif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arkansas Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Arkansas is the highest court in the state judiciary of Arkansas. It has ultimate and largely discretionary appellate jurisdiction over all state court cases that involve a point of state law, and original jurisdiction over a narrow range of cases. The Supreme Court holds the power of judicial review, the ability to invalidate a statute for violating a provision of the Arkansas Constitution. It is also able to strike down gubernatorial directives for violating either the Constitution or statutory law. However, it may act only within the context of a case in an area of law over which it has jurisdiction. Established by Article Five of the 1836 Constitution, the Supreme Court was composed of three judges, to include a chief justice, elected to eight-year terms by the General Assembly. As later set by Act 205 of 1925, it consists of the Chief Justice of Arkansas and six associate justices. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |