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Supreme Court of the Marshall Islands

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The Supreme Court of the Marshall Islands is the highest court of the Republic, consisting of the chief justice and two associate justices, and it sits alongside the High Court and the Traditional Rights Court within the judiciary. Daniel N. Cadra has served as its chief justice since September 2003, after earlier serving as an Associate Justice and then Chief Justice of the High Court, and the Cabinet reappointed him in January 2023 to a third ten-year term.

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Source Bios of Senior Justices, Judges, and Staff, Republic of the Marshall Islands Judiciary

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Source Central Intelligence Agency: Marshall Islands, The World Factbook (factbook.json archive copy)
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Source Central Intelligence Agency: Marshall Islands, The World Factbook (factbook.json archive copy)Government, judicial branch, highest court
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Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and 2 associate justices)
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1. Central Intelligence Agency: Marshall Islands, The World Factbook (factbook.json archive copy)
Central Intelligence Agency
  • Government, judicial branch, highest court
    Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and 2 associate justices)
  • Government, judicial branch, national highest court
    Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and 2 associate justices)
  • In Category: Courts, Government, judicial branch, courts of the Marshall Islands
    Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and 2 associate justices)
  • In Legal System: Common Law, Government, legal system
    mixed system of US and English common law, customary law, and local statutes
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Bios of Senior Justices, Judges, and Staff, Republic of the Marshall Islands Judiciary
  • Biography, chief justice since 2003
    Supreme Court Chief Justice Daniel N. Cadra has served as chief justice of the Supreme Court since September 2003.
  • Biography, earlier service on the High Court
    Justice Cadra seized the opportunity to come to the Marshall Islands as an Associate Justice on the High Court in October 1995. He was appointed Chief Justice of the High Court in April 1996 and served as Chief Justice until June 1999.
  • Court calendar, the three courts of the judiciary
    Calendar for the Supreme Court, the High Court and Traditional Rights Court
  • Biography, reappointment for a third ten year term, January 2023
    In January 2023, the Cabinet re-appointed Daniel N. Cadra to serve a third 10-year term as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
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Wikidata: Supreme Court of the Marshall Islands
Wikidata Q25350659, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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