James H. Brickley (November 15, 1928 – September 28, 2001) was an American judge and politician who served as the 56th and 58th

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and a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1982 to 1999. He was a member of the

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Biography

Brickley was born in

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. He received his baccalaureate and law degree from the University of Detroit and then obtain a Master of Laws degree from

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. Brickley served as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan. He was Lieutenant Governor of Michigan from 1971 to 1974 and again from 1979 to 1982 under Governor

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. From 1975 until 1978 he was president of Eastern Michigan University. Brickley was appointed to the Michigan Supreme Court in December 1982 to replace retiring justice

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. From 1995 to 1996 Brickley was the chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. He retired from the bench in October 1999 and Governor John Engler appointed United States Attorney

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to replace him. He died in

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in 2001.

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