Joe R. Greenhill
Joe R. Greenhill | |
|---|---|
Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court | |
| In office October 1, 1957 – October 4, 1972 | |
| Appointed by | Price Daniel |
| Preceded by | Few Brewster |
| Succeeded by | Hawthorne Phillips |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joe Robert Greenhill June 14, 1914 |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service |  United States Navy |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Joe Robert Greenhill (July 14, 1914 – February 11, 2011)Texas Supreme Court for 25 years, 10 of those as chief justice.
Biography
Born in
State of Texas in 1948, co-founded Graves, Dougherty & Greenhill in 1950 and was appointed to the Texas Supreme Court in 1957, where he served until 1982. He received an honorary Doctor of Law degree from Southern Methodist University
in 1977.
Greenhill was of counsel at Baker Botts.
References
- ^ "Texas high court justice Greenhill dies at 96". Houston Chronicle. February 11, 2011.
- ^ "Joe Robert Greenhill". tarltonapps.law.utexas.edu. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
External links
- Greenhill, Joe R. biography at Texas Politics (University of Texas) [dead link]
- Joe R. Greenhill biography at BakerBotts.com
- [1] In Memoriam: Chief Justice Joe R. Greenhill
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