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William James Harbison[1] (September 11, 1923 – November 20, 1993)[2] was a justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1966 to 1967, and again from 1974 to 1990.
appointed special justice, September 1966, by Governor Frank G. Clement, to serve for the ailing Justice Weldon B. White, a post which he held until Justice White's death in April 1967. Harbison was elected to the Tennessee Supreme Court in 1974 and 1982; served two terms as the court's chief justice (1980 to 1982 and 1987 to 1989), and remained on the bench until retirement in 1990; born in Columbia, Tennessee–November 20, 1993; B.A., Vanderbilt University, 1947; LL.B., Vanderbilt University, 1950; U.S. Army, 1943 to 1946.[3]
Harbison died at the age of 70. At the time of his death, he was writing an article on the Tennessee Constitution for the Tennessee Law Review, which went unfinished.[2]
References edit
- ^ Who's Who in American Law 1992-1993. Marquis Who's Who. 1991. p. 410.
- ^ a b "In Memoriam: William J. Harbison". 61 Tenn. L. Rev. 395 (1993-1994). Retrieved October 10, 2021.
- ^ Tennessee Supreme Court Historical Society. "Justices".
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