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Article: Anstead sworn in as chief justice.
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- Florida Bar News
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- July 15, 2002
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Harry Lee Anstead -- the youngest of six children raised by a single mom in Jacksonville's Brentwood housing project -- promised to put children first during his two-year term as chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court.
In a packed courtroom July 2, 64-year-old Anstead became the 50th chief justice during the state's fourth "Passing of the Gavel" ceremony attended by a who's who list of Florida's brightest shining legal stars, a dozen former law clerks, Anstead's extended family, his children, and the smiling woman he described as "my MVP and wife of 39 exciting years, Sue."
Chesterfield Smith, who turns 85 this month and is the senior living past ...