List of justices of the Nebraska Supreme Court


Following is a list of justices of the Nebraska Supreme Court:

Territorial Supreme Court Justices

JudgeBegan active
service
Ended active
service
18541857
18541860
18541857
18571857
18571859
18571861
18581861
18591860
18611865
18611867
18611863
18631867
18651867

State Supreme Court Chief Justices

Chief JusticeBegan ServiceEnded ServiceSeat/DistrictAppointed By
18671873Seat IElected
18731878Seat IIElected
18781878Seat IElected
18781882Seat IIIElected
18821884Seat IIElected
18841886Seat IElected
18861888Seat IIIElected
18881890Seat IIElected
18901892Seat IElected
18921894Seat IIIElected
18941896Seat IIElected
18961898Seat IElected
18981900Seat IIIElected
19001902Seat IIElected
19021904Seat IElected
19041906Seat IIIElected
19061908Seat IIElected
19081909Seat IElected
19091915At LargeAshton C. Shallenberger
19151915At LargeJohn H. Morehead
'19151915At Large'
19151927At LargeJohn H. Morehead
19271938At LargeAdam McMullen
19391963At LargeRobert Leroy Cochran
19631978At LargeFrank Morrison
'19781978At Large'
19781987At LargeJim Exon
19871995At LargeKay Orr
19951998At LargeBen Nelson
19982006At Large-
2006IncumbentAt LargeDave Heineman

All State Supreme Court Justices

JudgeBegan ServiceEnded ServiceSeat/DistrictAppointed By
--Seat IElected
18671873Seat IElected
18671884Seat IIElected
18671873Seat IIIElected
18731878Seat IElected
18731894Seat IIIElected
18781892Seat IElected
18841890Seat IIElected
18901902Seat IIElected
18921898Seat IElected
18941900Seat IIIElected
18981904Seat IElected
19001906Seat IIIElected
19021908Seat IIElected
19041909Seat IElected
19061925Seat III / District 3Elected / Ashton C. Shallenberger
19081915Seat II / CJElected / Ashton C. Shallenberger
19091910District 2Ashton C. Shallenberger
19091911District 5Ashton C. Shallenberger
19091917District 6Ashton C. Shallenberger
19091943District 1Ashton C. Shallenberger
19091917District 4Ashton C. Shallenberger
19101919District 2Ashton C. Shallenberger
19111918District 5Chester H. Aldrich
19151915CJJohn H. Morehead
19151927CJJohn H. Morehead
19171920District 4Keith Neville
19171935District 6Keith Neville
19181924District 5Keith Neville
19201923District 4Samuel R. McKelvie
19201927District 2Samuel R. McKelvie
19231937District 4Charles Bryan
19241931District 5Charles Bryan
19251925District 3Adam McMullen
19251943District 3Adam McMullen
19271938CJAdam McMullen
19281929District 2Adam McMullen
19291938District 2Arthur J. Weaver
19311949District 5Charles Bryan
19351971District 6Robert Leroy Cochran
19371965District 4Robert Leroy Cochran
19391940District 2Robert Leroy Cochran
19391963CJRobert Leroy Cochran
19411965District 2Robert Leroy Cochran
19431961District 1Dwight Griswold
19431961District 3Dwight Griswold
19491961District 5Val Peterson
19611979District 1Frank Morrison
19611994District 5Frank Morrison
19611967District 3Frank Morrison
19631978CJFrank Morrison
19651983District 4Frank Morrison
19651973District 2Frank Morrison
19671977District 3Norbert Tiemann
19711982District 6Jim Exon
19741982District 2Jim Exon
19771998District 3 / CJJim Exon / Ben Nelson
19781987CJJim Exon
19791995District 1 / CJCharles Thone / Kay Orr
19821998District 2Charles Thone
19831993District 6Bob Kerrey
19831993District 4Bob Kerrey
19871996District 1Kay Orr
19931997District 4Ben Nelson
19942018District 6Ben Nelson
19942016District 5Ben Nelson
19952012District 3Ben Nelson
19972015District 1Ben Nelson
19972016District 4Ben Nelson
19982006CJBen Nelson
1998IncumbentDistrict 2Ben Nelson
2006IncumbentCJDave Heineman
2012IncumbentDistrict 3Dave Heineman
2015IncumbentDistrict 1Pete Ricketts
20162018District 4Pete Ricketts
2016IncumbentDistrict 5Pete Ricketts
2018IncumbentDistrict 4Pete Ricketts
2018IncumbentDistrict 6Pete 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