Hamilton S. Burnett
Hamilton S. Burnett (August 20, 1895 – May 1, 1973)Former Justice H. S. Burnett Dies in Knox
, ''The Tennessean'' (May 2, 1973), p. 1, 19. was a justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1947 to 1973. Born in Jefferson County, Tennessee, Burnett received an undergraduate degree from Carson–Newman University, served a short stint in the
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Tennessee Supreme Court
The Tennessee Supreme Court is the ultimate judicial tribunal of the state of Tennessee. Roger A. Page is the Chief Justice. Unlike other states, in which the state attorney general is directly elected or appointed by the governor or state legislature, the Tennessee Supreme Court appoints the Tennessee Attorney General. Structure The Tennessee State Constitution, adopted in 1870, calls for five justices, no more than two of whom may come from any one of the state's three Grand Divisions (East Tennessee, Middle Tennessee, and West Tennessee) in order to prevent regional bias. For the same purpose, the court is required to convene alternately in Knoxville, Nashville, and Jackson. In recent years this provision has been regarded as permissive rather than restrictive. Therefore, the court has met in other cities, such as Chattanooga, Kingsport, and Memphis, throughout the state as part of a legal education project for high school students called ''Supreme Court Advancing Legal ...
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