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Robert E. Cooper Sr.
Robert Elbert Cooper Sr. (October 14, 1920 – July 10, 2016) was an American judge. He was a justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1974 until his retirement in 1990. Cooper was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and attended the University of North Carolina (1946) and Vanderbilt University (1949). He was the chairman of the Tennessee Judicial Council and served on the Sixth Judicial Circuit (1953–1960) and Tennessee Court of Appeals (1960–1974). Robert E. Cooper Sr. died on July 10, 2016, at his home on Signal Mountain, Tennessee, following a brief illness.Obituary, "Robert Elbert Cooper," Chattanoogan.com, Chattanooga, TN., published Monday, July 11th, 2016/ref> His son, Robert E. Cooper Jr., is the former Attorney General of Tennessee, serving from 2006 until 2014. References 1920 births 2016 deaths Lawyers from Chattanooga, Tennessee University of North Carolina alumni Vanderbilt University alumni Justices of the Tennessee Supreme Court People from Signal Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |