Current justices

List of justices before 1947

Before 1947 and particularly after 1844, the structure of the New Jersey state judiciary was incredibly complex. In some cases, it is not entirely clear whether the following justices served on the

Supreme Court of New Jersey The Supreme Court of New Jersey is the highest court in the U.S. state of New Jersey. In its current form, the Supreme Court of New Jersey is the final judicial authority on all cases in the state court system, including cases challenging th ...

(1776–), the New Jersey Court of Common Pleas (1704–1947), or the

New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals Prior to 1947, the structure of the judiciary in New Jersey was extremely complex, including Court of Errors and Appeals in the last resort in all causes. The Court of Errors and Appeals was the highest court in the U.S. state of New Jersey from ...

(1844–1947).

1776 Constitution

1844 Constitution

Supreme Court justices under 1947 Constitution

List of justices

Acting justices

On May 3, 2010, Governor

Chris Christie Christopher James Christie (born September 6, 1962) is an American politician, lawyer, political commentator, lobbyist, and former federal prosecutor who served as the 55th governor of New Jersey from 2010 to 2018. Christie, who was born in N ...

declined to re-nominate John E. Wallace Jr., whose seven-year term expired on May 20, 2010. He was the first Justice of the Supreme Court to be denied tenure in more than a half-century since the adoption of the

Constitution of New Jersey The Constitution of the State of New Jersey is the Constitution, basic governing document of the U.S. state, State of New Jersey. In addition to three British Royal Charters issued for East Jersey, West Jersey and united New Jersey while they wer ...

in 1947."The Politicization of a Respected Court"
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'', December 16, 2010; accessed May 19, 2014. To fill the vacancy Chief Justice

Stuart Rabner Stuart Jeff Rabner (born June 30, 1960) is the chief justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court. He served as New Jersey Attorney General, Chief Counsel to Governor Jon Corzine, and as a federal prosecutor at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Dist ...

appointed a number of acting judges (known as Judge of the Appellate Division, Temporarily Assigned to the Supreme Court) during an extended period of controversy and conflict with the New Jersey Senate about the court's political composition. * Mary Catherine Cuff * Ariel A. Rodriguez * Edwin Stern * Dorothea O'C. Wefing

Timeline of justices

References

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