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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.
Harbison (B.A, magna cum laude, Vanderbilt University, 1947; J.D., Vanderbilt University School of Law, 1950) attended The Citadel, served in the U.S. Army (1943-46)[3]
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.[4]
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.
- ^ Rust, Randal. "Harbison, William James".
- ^ Tennessee Supreme Court Historical Society. "Justices".
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