Article: SUPREME COURT NAMES CIRCUIT JUDGE JAMES M. WEXSTTEN TO FIFTH DISTRICT APPELLATE COURT

Article: Incumbent judge, Wexstten, will run for court seat.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO);  September 18, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... That didn't prevent him from jabbing his opponent, however. "My opponent is a trial lawyer who has never been a judge," Wexstten told reporters after his announcement. Wexstten claims backing from 33 of 37 Democratic Party county organizations. That ...

Article: JUDGE WEXSTTEN NAMED TO VACANCY ON 5TH DISTRICT ...
Evansville Courier & Press;  January 14, 2007 ;     372 words ...Jefferson County Circuit Judge James M. Wexstten has been appointed to the 5th District Appellate Court, based in Mount Vernon, Ill. Wexstten will fill the vacancy created by the Oct. 16 death of Justice Terrence J. Hopkins of Mount Vernon. The appointment, effective Feb. 2, extends to Dec. 1,

Article: JUSTICE LLOYD KARMEIER TO ADMINISTER OATH TO NEW ATTORNEYS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 1, 2006 ;     564 words ... ... release: Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd A. Karmeier ... the state's five Supreme Court judicial districts ... will also speak. Judge Wexstten also serves as president ... guests of the Illinois Supreme Court will be: Chief Circuit ...

Supreme court rules, practices, and traditions.
The Handy Supreme Court Answer Book;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...THE BUILDING Where did the U.S. Supreme Court first meet? The U.S. Supreme Court first met in the Royal Exchange Building on ... Philadelphia, the new national capital. The U.S. Supreme Court did not meet in Washington, D.C., until ...

Article: Supreme Court Justices Unknown to Most Americans, ...
PR Newswire;  January 10, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Judge Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court, most Americans draw a blank ... of the current members of the Supreme Court. Fifty-seven percent of Americans can't name any current Supreme Court justices, according to a new ...

Article: SUPREME COURT
Young Students Learning Library;      700+ words ...00-00-0000 The Supreme Court is the highest court in the United ... States shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior [lower ... ordain and establish.'' The Supreme Court heads the judicial branch of the ...

Article: Supreme Court shift favors employers; Bush ...
Business Insurance;  October 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Byline: Gerald L. Maatman Jr. The Supreme Court's 2006/2007 term has enhanced expectations ... Associate Justice Samuel Alito-the Supreme Court shifted decidedly to the right on workplace ... amp; Rubber Co., in which the Supreme Court determined that pay decisions are discrete ...