The High Court is the second highest court of law in the

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Judiciary. The court is established by Article VI, section 3 of the republic's constitution It has

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jurisdiction over cases originating in the lower courts as well as

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over certain classes of cases, including some criminal and civil matters, wills, and divorces. The court consists of a Chief Justice and an optional number of Associate Justices. The current Chief Justice, Carl Ingram, a U.S. citizen who originally came to the Marshall Islands with the

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in 1979, was first appointed as an associate justice of the High Court in March 2003, then as chief justice in October 2003 and for a second 10-year term as chief justice effective October 2013.

Chief Justices

References

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