List of justices of the Nebraska Supreme Court
Following is a list of justices of the Nebraska Supreme Court:
Territorial Supreme Court Justices
Judge | Began active service | Ended active service |
1854 | 1857 | |
1854 | 1860 | |
1854 | 1857 | |
1857 | 1857 | |
1857 | 1859 | |
1857 | 1861 | |
1858 | 1861 | |
1859 | 1860 | |
1861 | 1865 | |
1861 | 1867 | |
1861 | 1863 | |
1863 | 1867 | |
1865 | 1867 |
State Supreme Court Chief Justices
Chief Justice | Began Service | Ended Service | Seat/District | Appointed By |
1867 | 1873 | Seat I | Elected | |
1873 | 1878 | Seat II | Elected | |
1878 | 1878 | Seat I | Elected | |
1878 | 1882 | Seat III | Elected | |
1882 | 1884 | Seat II | Elected | |
1884 | 1886 | Seat I | Elected | |
1886 | 1888 | Seat III | Elected | |
1888 | 1890 | Seat II | Elected | |
1890 | 1892 | Seat I | Elected | |
1892 | 1894 | Seat III | Elected | |
1894 | 1896 | Seat II | Elected | |
1896 | 1898 | Seat I | Elected | |
1898 | 1900 | Seat III | Elected | |
1900 | 1902 | Seat II | Elected | |
1902 | 1904 | Seat I | Elected | |
1904 | 1906 | Seat III | Elected | |
1906 | 1908 | Seat II | Elected | |
1908 | 1909 | Seat I | Elected | |
1909 | 1915 | At Large | Ashton C. Shallenberger | |
1915 | 1915 | At Large | John H. Morehead | |
' | 1915 | 1915 | At Large | ' |
1915 | 1927 | At Large | John H. Morehead | |
1927 | 1938 | At Large | Adam McMullen | |
1939 | 1963 | At Large | Robert Leroy Cochran | |
1963 | 1978 | At Large | Frank Morrison | |
' | 1978 | 1978 | At Large | ' |
1978 | 1987 | At Large | Jim Exon | |
1987 | 1995 | At Large | Kay Orr | |
1995 | 1998 | At Large | Ben Nelson | |
1998 | 2006 | At Large | - | |
2006 | Incumbent | At Large | Dave Heineman |
All State Supreme Court Justices
Judge | Began Service | Ended Service | Seat/District | Appointed By |
- | - | Seat I | Elected | |
1867 | 1873 | Seat I | Elected | |
1867 | 1884 | Seat II | Elected | |
1867 | 1873 | Seat III | Elected | |
1873 | 1878 | Seat I | Elected | |
1873 | 1894 | Seat III | Elected | |
1878 | 1892 | Seat I | Elected | |
1884 | 1890 | Seat II | Elected | |
1890 | 1902 | Seat II | Elected | |
1892 | 1898 | Seat I | Elected | |
1894 | 1900 | Seat III | Elected | |
1898 | 1904 | Seat I | Elected | |
1900 | 1906 | Seat III | Elected | |
1902 | 1908 | Seat II | Elected | |
1904 | 1909 | Seat I | Elected | |
1906 | 1925 | Seat III / District 3 | Elected / Ashton C. Shallenberger | |
1908 | 1915 | Seat II / CJ | Elected / Ashton C. Shallenberger | |
1909 | 1910 | District 2 | Ashton C. Shallenberger | |
1909 | 1911 | District 5 | Ashton C. Shallenberger | |
1909 | 1917 | District 6 | Ashton C. Shallenberger | |
1909 | 1943 | District 1 | Ashton C. Shallenberger | |
1909 | 1917 | District 4 | Ashton C. Shallenberger | |
1910 | 1919 | District 2 | Ashton C. Shallenberger | |
1911 | 1918 | District 5 | Chester H. Aldrich | |
1915 | 1915 | CJ | John H. Morehead | |
1915 | 1927 | CJ | John H. Morehead | |
1917 | 1920 | District 4 | Keith Neville | |
1917 | 1935 | District 6 | Keith Neville | |
1918 | 1924 | District 5 | Keith Neville | |
1920 | 1923 | District 4 | Samuel R. McKelvie | |
1920 | 1927 | District 2 | Samuel R. McKelvie | |
1923 | 1937 | District 4 | Charles Bryan | |
1924 | 1931 | District 5 | Charles Bryan | |
1925 | 1925 | District 3 | Adam McMullen | |
1925 | 1943 | District 3 | Adam McMullen | |
1927 | 1938 | CJ | Adam McMullen | |
1928 | 1929 | District 2 | Adam McMullen | |
1929 | 1938 | District 2 | Arthur J. Weaver | |
1931 | 1949 | District 5 | Charles Bryan | |
1935 | 1971 | District 6 | Robert Leroy Cochran | |
1937 | 1965 | District 4 | Robert Leroy Cochran | |
1939 | 1940 | District 2 | Robert Leroy Cochran | |
1939 | 1963 | CJ | Robert Leroy Cochran | |
1941 | 1965 | District 2 | Robert Leroy Cochran | |
1943 | 1961 | District 1 | Dwight Griswold | |
1943 | 1961 | District 3 | Dwight Griswold | |
1949 | 1961 | District 5 | Val Peterson | |
1961 | 1979 | District 1 | Frank Morrison | |
1961 | 1994 | District 5 | Frank Morrison | |
1961 | 1967 | District 3 | Frank Morrison | |
1963 | 1978 | CJ | Frank Morrison | |
1965 | 1983 | District 4 | Frank Morrison | |
1965 | 1973 | District 2 | Frank Morrison | |
1967 | 1977 | District 3 | Norbert Tiemann | |
1971 | 1982 | District 6 | Jim Exon | |
1974 | 1982 | District 2 | Jim Exon | |
1977 | 1998 | District 3 / CJ | Jim Exon / Ben Nelson | |
1978 | 1987 | CJ | Jim Exon | |
1979 | 1995 | District 1 / CJ | Charles Thone / Kay Orr | |
1982 | 1998 | District 2 | Charles Thone | |
1983 | 1993 | District 6 | Bob Kerrey | |
1983 | 1993 | District 4 | Bob Kerrey | |
1987 | 1996 | District 1 | Kay Orr | |
1993 | 1997 | District 4 | Ben Nelson | |
1994 | 2018 | District 6 | Ben Nelson | |
1994 | 2016 | District 5 | Ben Nelson | |
1995 | 2012 | District 3 | Ben Nelson | |
1997 | 2015 | District 1 | Ben Nelson | |
1997 | 2016 | District 4 | Ben Nelson | |
1998 | 2006 | CJ | Ben Nelson | |
1998 | Incumbent | District 2 | Ben Nelson | |
2006 | Incumbent | CJ | Dave Heineman | |
2012 | Incumbent | District 3 | Dave Heineman | |
2015 | Incumbent | District 1 | Pete Ricketts | |
2016 | 2018 | District 4 | Pete Ricketts | |
2016 | Incumbent | District 5 | Pete Ricketts | |
2018 | Incumbent | District 4 | Pete Ricketts | |
2018 | Incumbent | District 6 | Pete Ricketts |
Information Gathered from Slipping Backward: A History of the Nebraska Supreme Court, the Nebraska Blue Book, and http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/MWHNE/mwhne694.htm