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Joseph Tauro</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Chief Justice of the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Supreme_Judicial_Court" title="Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court">Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1970–1976</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Sanger_Wilkins" title="Raymond Sanger Wilkins">Raymond Sanger Wilkins</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Edward_F._Hennessey" title="Edward F. Hennessey">Edward F. Hennessey</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Associate Justice of the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Supreme_Judicial_Court" title="Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court">Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1961–1970</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1906-01-10</span>)</span>January 10, 1906<br /><a href="/wiki/Lynn,_Massachusetts" title="Lynn, Massachusetts">Lynn, Massachusetts</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">October 6, 1994<span style="display:none">(1994-10-06)</span> (aged 88)<br /><a href="/wiki/Salem_Hospital_(Massachusetts)" title="Salem Hospital (Massachusetts)">Salem Hospital</a>, <a href="/wiki/Salem,_Massachusetts" title="Salem, Massachusetts">Salem, Massachusetts</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Helen M. Petrossi</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_L._Tauro" title="Joseph L. Tauro">Joseph L. Tauro</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Swampscott,_Massachusetts" title="Swampscott, Massachusetts">Swampscott, Massachusetts</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Boston_University" title="Boston University">Boston University</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Boston_University_School_of_Law" title="Boston University School of Law">Boston University School of Law</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Attorney, judge</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>G. Joseph Tauro</b> (January 10, 1906 – October 6, 1994) was the chief justice of the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Supreme_Judicial_Court" title="Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court">Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court</a> from 1970 to 1976. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=G._Joseph_Tauro&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tauro was born in <a href="/wiki/Lynn,_Massachusetts" title="Lynn, Massachusetts">Lynn, Massachusetts</a> to an <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italian</a> immigrant cobbler and his wife. He graduated from Lynn public schools and attended <a href="/wiki/Boston_University" title="Boston University">Boston University</a>'s College of Business Administration for a year before switching to <a href="/wiki/Boston_University_School_of_Law" title="Boston University School of Law">its law school</a>. He received his law degree in 1927. Admitted to the bar that year, he practiced in Lynn until 1961, when he became an associate Superior Court justice. </p><p>Tauro's 1961 appointment was made by his longtime friend and business associate, Governor <a href="/wiki/John_A._Volpe" title="John A. Volpe">John A. Volpe</a>. A practicing attorney in Lynn, Tauro had for many years been general counsel and a director for Volpe Construction Co. At the time of his appointment to a judgeship, he was the newly elected governor's legal counsel at the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_State_House" title="Massachusetts State House">State House</a>. The next year, Judge Tauro became chief justice of the Superior Court. </p><p>A short, compact man with dark brown eyes, a brush mustache, and wavy, snow white hair, he was noted during his years on the bench for his competence, courtesy, diligence, and preparation. </p><p>Aware of the caseloads crushing Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) justices, he had advocated establishment of an intermediate appellate court to permit the high court to concentrate on cases of broad social impact. Within two years of his 1970 appointment by Governor <a href="/wiki/Francis_W._Sargent" class="mw-redirect" title="Francis W. Sargent">Francis W. Sargent</a> to the position of Chief Justice, Judge Tauro brought the project to fruition and the Appeals Court was established. He also worked to modernize state civil law and he wrote many decisions now considered landmarks in a variety of fields - contracts, torts, real property, corporations, governmental regulations and environmental protection. </p><p>Tauro was the first <a href="/wiki/Italian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian American">Italian American</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Roman Catholic</a> to hold the position of Chief Justice of the SJC. </p><p>During his fourteen years on the bench, he made more than one landmark decision, including one that effectively abolished the death penalty in Massachusetts. "The state should not be in the business of taking lives," he said. </p><p>The only person to serve as chief justice of both the Supreme Judicial Court and the Superior Court, he also became, upon his retirement in 1976, the first Chief Justice in the Supreme Judicial Court's long history to retire at age 70 in accordance with the 98th Amendment to the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="Massachusetts Constitution">Massachusetts Constitution</a>, adopted in 1972. </p><p>A resident of <a href="/wiki/Swampscott,_Massachusetts" title="Swampscott, Massachusetts">Swampscott</a>, he died at Salem Hospital. He was survived by his wife of 64 years, Helen M. (<i>née</i> Petrossi); a son, Judge <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Louis_Tauro" class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph Louis Tauro">Joseph Louis Tauro</a>; two brothers, Arthur L. and Raymond; and a sister, Celia Tricca. He is predeceased by his brother Dr. Antonio Tauro and his sister Carol A. Gioacchini. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=G._Joseph_Tauro&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924201115/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8298938.html">"G. Joseph Tauro, was chief justice of SJC and Superior Court; at 88"</a>; <i><a href="/wiki/The_Boston_Globe" title="The Boston Globe">The Boston Globe</a></i>, October 7, 1994, via <a href="/wiki/HighBeam_Research" title="HighBeam Research">HighBeam Research</a>.</li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #DDCEF2;">Legal offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Sanger_Wilkins" title="Raymond Sanger Wilkins">Raymond Sanger Wilkins</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_justices_of_the_Massachusetts_Supreme_Judicial_Court" title="List of justices of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court">Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court</a> </b><br />1970 – 1976 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Edward_F._Hennessey" title="Edward F. 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Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Dudley_(jurist)" title="Paul Dudley (jurist)">Dudley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sewall" title="Stephen Sewall">Stephen Sewall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hutchinson_(governor)" title="Thomas Hutchinson (governor)">T. Hutchinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Lynde_Jr." title="Benjamin Lynde Jr.">Lynde Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Oliver_(loyalist)" title="Peter Oliver (loyalist)">Oliver</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/John_Adams" title="John Adams">Adams</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Cushing" title="William Cushing">Cushing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Peaslee_Sargent" title="Nathaniel Peaslee Sargent">Sargent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Dana" title="Francis Dana">Dana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theophilus_Parsons" title="Theophilus Parsons">Parsons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Sewall_(congressman)" title="Samuel Sewall (congressman)">Sewall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Parker_(Massachusetts_judge)" title="Isaac Parker (Massachusetts judge)">Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lemuel_Shaw" title="Lemuel Shaw">Shaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Tyler_Bigelow" title="George Tyler Bigelow">Bigelow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reuben_Atwater_Chapman" title="Reuben Atwater Chapman">Chapman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horace_Gray" title="Horace Gray">Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Morton_(judge)" title="Marcus Morton (judge)">Morton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walbridge_A._Field" title="Walbridge A. Field">W. Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Wendell_Holmes_Jr." title="Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.">Holmes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Perrin_Knowlton" title="Marcus Perrin Knowlton">Knowlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Prentice_Rugg" title="Arthur Prentice Rugg">Rugg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Tarbell_Field" title="Fred Tarbell Field">F. Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Elroy_Qua" title="Stanley Elroy Qua">Qua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Sanger_Wilkins" title="Raymond Sanger Wilkins">R. Wilkins</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Tauro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_F._Hennessey" title="Edward F. Hennessey">Hennessey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_J._Liacos" title="Paul J. Liacos">Liacos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_P._Wilkins" title="Herbert P. Wilkins">H. Wilkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_H._Marshall" title="Margaret H. Marshall">Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roderick_L._Ireland" title="Roderick L. Ireland">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Gants" title="Ralph Gants">Gants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kimberly_S._Budd" title="Kimberly S. Budd">Budd</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Massachusetts_Bay" title="Province of Massachusetts Bay">Provincial period</a><br />Associate justices (1692–1775)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Danforth" title="Thomas Danforth">Danforth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Richards_(colonial_judge)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Richards (colonial judge)">Richards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Sewall" title="Samuel Sewall">Samuel Sewall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wait_Winthrop" title="Wait Winthrop">Winthrop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elisha_Cooke_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="Elisha Cooke Sr.">Cooke</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Walley_(judge)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Walley (judge) (page does not exist)">Walley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Saffin" title="John Saffin">Saffin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hathorne" title="John Hathorne">Hathorne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Leverett_the_Younger" title="John Leverett the Younger">Leverett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Corwin" title="Jonathan Corwin">Curwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Lynde_Sr." title="Benjamin Lynde Sr.">Lynde Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Thomas_(Massachusetts_judge)" title="Nathaniel Thomas (Massachusetts judge)">Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Addington_Davenport" title="Addington Davenport">Davenport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Quincy_(1681%E2%80%931737)" title="Edmund Quincy (1681–1737)">Quincy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Dudley_(jurist)" title="Paul Dudley (jurist)">Dudley</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Cushing_(judge)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Cushing (judge) (page does not exist)">J. Cushing Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Remington" title="Jonathan Remington">Remington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Saltonstall_(Massachusetts_judge)" title="Richard Saltonstall (Massachusetts judge)">Saltonstall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Graves_(judge)" title="Thomas Graves (judge)">Graves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sewall" title="Stephen Sewall">Stephen Sewall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Hubbard" title="Nathaniel Hubbard">Hubbard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Lynde_Jr." title="Benjamin Lynde Jr.">Lynde Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Cushing_Jr.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Cushing Jr. (page does not exist)">J. Cushing Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chambers_Russell" title="Chambers Russell">Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Oliver_(loyalist)" title="Peter Oliver (loyalist)">Oliver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Trowbridge" title="Edmund Trowbridge">Trowbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foster_Hutchinson" title="Foster Hutchinson">F. Hutchinson</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nathaniel_Ropes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nathaniel Ropes (page does not exist)">Ropes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Cushing" title="William Cushing">W. Cushing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Browne_(judge)" title="William Browne (judge)">Brown</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Provincial_Congress" title="Massachusetts Provincial Congress">Revolutionary period</a><br />Associate justices (1775–80)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Peaslee_Sargent" title="Nathaniel Peaslee Sargent">Sargent</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/William_Reed_(Massachusetts_judge)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Reed (Massachusetts judge)">Reed</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Robert_Treat_Paine" title="Robert Treat Paine">Paine</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/James_Warren_(politician)" title="James Warren (politician)">Warren</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jedediah_Foster" title="Jedediah Foster">Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Sullivan_(governor)" title="James Sullivan (governor)">Sullivan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Sewall" title="David Sewall">D. Sewall</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Commonwealth of Massachusetts">Commonwealth period</a><br />Associate justices (1780–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Increase_Sumner" title="Increase Sumner">Sumner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Dana" title="Francis Dana">Dana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Cushing" title="Nathan Cushing">N. Cushing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Treat_Paine" title="Robert Treat Paine">Paine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Dawes" title="Thomas Dawes">Dawes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theophilus_Bradbury" title="Theophilus Bradbury">Bradbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Sewall_(congressman)" title="Samuel Sewall (congressman)">Sewall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simeon_Strong" title="Simeon Strong">Strong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Thatcher" title="George Thatcher">Thatcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Sedgwick" title="Theodore Sedgwick">Sedgwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Parker_(congressman)" class="mw-redirect" title="Isaac Parker (congressman)">Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Jackson_(judge)" title="Charles Jackson (judge)">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Dewey" title="Daniel Dewey">D. Dewey</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_Putnam_(Massachusetts_judge)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Samuel Putnam (Massachusetts judge) (page does not exist)">Putnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Wilde" title="Samuel Wilde">Wilde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Augustus_Dewey" title="Charles Augustus Dewey">C. Dewey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levi_Lincoln_Jr." title="Levi Lincoln Jr.">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Morton" title="Marcus Morton">M. Morton Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_Hubbard_(Massachusetts_judge)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Samuel Hubbard (Massachusetts judge) (page does not exist)">Hubbard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Fletcher_(American_politician)" title="Richard Fletcher (American politician)">Fletcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_E._Forbes" title="Charles E. Forbes">Forbes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theron_Metcalf" title="Theron Metcalf">Metcalf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Tyler_Bigelow" title="George Tyler Bigelow">Bigelow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caleb_Cushing" title="Caleb Cushing">C. Cushing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pliny_Merrick" title="Pliny Merrick">Merrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Thomas_(politician)" title="Benjamin Thomas (politician)">Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebenezer_R._Hoar" title="Ebenezer R. Hoar">Hoar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reuben_Atwater_Chapman" title="Reuben Atwater Chapman">Chapman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horace_Gray" title="Horace Gray">Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Colt_(Massachusetts_judge)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Colt (Massachusetts judge)">Colt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Foster_(politician,_born_1828)" title="Dwight Foster (politician, born 1828)">Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seth_Ames" title="Seth Ames">Ames</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Wells_(Massachusetts_judge)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Wells (Massachusetts judge) (page does not exist)">Wells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Morton_(judge)" title="Marcus Morton (judge)">M. Morton Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Devens" title="Charles Devens">Devens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Crowninshield_Endicott" title="William Crowninshield Endicott">Endicott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otis_Lord" title="Otis Lord">Lord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augustus_Lord_Soule" class="mw-redirect" title="Augustus Lord Soule">Soule</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Allen_(Massachusetts_judge)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William Allen (Massachusetts judge) (page does not exist)">W. Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Devens" title="Charles Devens">Devens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walbridge_A._Field" title="Walbridge A. Field">W. Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Allen_(jurist)" title="Charles Allen (jurist)">C. Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waldo_Colburn" title="Waldo Colburn">Colburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Wendell_Holmes_Jr." title="Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.">Holmes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Gardner_(Massachusetts_judge)" title="William Gardner (Massachusetts judge)">Gardner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Perrin_Knowlton" title="Marcus Perrin Knowlton">Knowlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Madison_Morton_Sr." title="James Madison Morton Sr.">J. Morton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Barker_(judge)" title="James Barker (judge)">Barker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lathrop_(judge)" title="John Lathrop (judge)">Lathrop</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Hammond_(Massachusetts_judge)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Hammond (Massachusetts judge) (page does not exist)">Hammond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Loring_(judge)" title="William Loring (judge)">Loring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_K._Braley" title="Henry K. Braley">Braley</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Sheldon_(Massachusetts_judge)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Henry Sheldon (Massachusetts judge) (page does not exist)">Sheldon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Prentice_Rugg" title="Arthur Prentice Rugg">Rugg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_DeCourcy" title="Charles DeCourcy">DeCourcy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Crawford_Crosby" title="John Crawford Crosby">Crosby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Pierce_(Massachusetts_judge)" title="Edward Pierce (Massachusetts judge)">Pierce</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Carroll_(Massachusetts_judge)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James Carroll (Massachusetts judge) (page does not exist)">Carroll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Jenney" title="Charles Jenney">Jenney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Wait_(Massachusetts_judge)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Wait (Massachusetts judge)">Wait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_A._Sanderson_(judge)" title="George A. 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