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colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />November 16, 1987 – November 30, 1990</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">Appointed by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Perpich" title="Rudy Perpich">Rudy Perpich</a></td></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/Douglas_Amdahl" class="mw-redirect" title="Douglas Amdahl">Douglas Amdahl</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/Alexander_M._Keith" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander M. Keith">A.M. "Sandy" Keith</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;">Chief Judge of the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Court_of_Appeals" title="Minnesota Court of Appeals">Minnesota Court of Appeals</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />November 2, 1983 – November 15, 1987</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">Appointed by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Perpich" title="Rudy Perpich">Rudy Perpich</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Office Created</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/D.D._Wozniak" title="D.D. Wozniak">D.D. Wozniak</a></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"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Peter Stephen Popovich</div><br />November 27, 1920<br /><a href="/wiki/Crosby,_Minnesota" title="Crosby, Minnesota">Crosby, Minnesota</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">March 29, 1996<span style="display:none">(1996-03-29)</span> (aged 75)<br /><a href="/wiki/St._Marys_Point,_Minnesota" title="St. Marys Point, Minnesota">St. Marys Point, Minnesota</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label">Chisholm Cemetery<br /><a href="/wiki/Chisholm,_Minnesota" title="Chisholm, Minnesota">Chisholm, Minnesota</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Dorothy Ann Lee</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1944, divorced)<wbr /></div><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Gail</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1985)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">4</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Peter Stephen Popovich</b> (November 27, 1920 – March 29, 1996) was an American lawyer, politician and judge from <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a>. He is the only person in the state's history to serve as both <a href="/wiki/Chief_judge_(United_States)" title="Chief judge (United States)">Chief Judge</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Court_of_Appeals" title="Minnesota Court of Appeals">Minnesota Court of Appeals</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Justice">Chief Justice</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Supreme_Court" title="Minnesota Supreme Court">Minnesota Supreme Court</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Popovich&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Peter Stephen Popovich<sup id="cite_ref-justice_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-justice-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was born on November 27, 1920,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="birth date (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> in <a href="/wiki/Crosby,_Minnesota" title="Crosby, Minnesota">Crosby, Minnesota</a>, to Peter Popovich. His parents were Yugoslavian immigrants.<sup id="cite_ref-obit2_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wedding_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wedding-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father was a merchant and served as treasurer of <a href="/wiki/Chisholm,_Minnesota" title="Chisholm, Minnesota">Chisholm</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-justice2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-justice2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His mother died when he was 13 years old. He graduated from Chisholm High School in <a href="/wiki/Chisholm,_Minnesota" title="Chisholm, Minnesota">Chisholm</a>. He attended <a href="/wiki/Hibbing_Junior_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Hibbing Junior College">Hibbing Junior College</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1940s, he was a part-time dance instructor in <a href="/wiki/St._Paul,_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Paul, Minnesota">St. Paul</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-justice_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-justice-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He graduated from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Minnesota" title="University of Minnesota">University of Minnesota</a> in 1942 and from <a href="/wiki/William_Mitchell_College_of_Law" title="William Mitchell College of Law">St. Paul College of Law</a> (then the St. Paul College of Law) in 1947.<sup id="cite_ref-obit2_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="graduation year at Minnesota (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Popovich&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Popovich was in private practice in the <a href="/wiki/Twin_Cities" class="mw-redirect" title="Twin Cities">Twin Cities</a> from 1947 to 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-justice_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-justice-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="years in practice (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> He served in the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_House_of_Representatives" title="Minnesota House of Representatives">Minnesota House of Representatives</a> from 1953 to 1963. He supported Minnesota's Open Meeting Law.<sup id="cite_ref-obit2_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Upon the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Court_of_Appeals" title="Minnesota Court of Appeals">Minnesota Court of Appeals</a> in 1983, Governor <a href="/wiki/Rudy_Perpich" title="Rudy Perpich">Rudy Perpich</a> appointed Popovich to be chief judge.<sup id="cite_ref-obit2_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Perpich elevated him to the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Supreme_Court" title="Minnesota Supreme Court">Minnesota Supreme Court</a> in November 1987, and named him chief justice on February 1, 1989, succeeding <a href="/wiki/Douglas_K._Amdahl" title="Douglas K. Amdahl">Douglas K. Amdahl</a>. He resigned as chief justice due to the age limit in November 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-justice_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-justice-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-justice2_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-justice2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-obit_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He assisted in the creation of the Minnesota Judicial Center and created the Court Information Center.<sup id="cite_ref-obit2_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Popovich was on the board of <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnesota State">Minnesota State</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-justice2_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-justice2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following his retirement from the Supreme Court, Popovich joined the Minneapolis law firm of Briggs & Morgan and practiced there until his death.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Popovich&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following graduation from law school, Popovich contracted <a href="/wiki/Polio" title="Polio">polio</a> and was hospitalized for three months.<sup id="cite_ref-obit2_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He married Dorothy Ann Lee, daughter of Lloyd V. Lee, of St. Paul on May 11, 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-wedding_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wedding-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had four children, Vicki, Dorothy, Suzanne and Stephen. They divorced after 18 years. He married Gail in 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-obit2_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Popovich died on March 29, 1996, at Midway Hospital in St. Paul.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was buried in Chisholm Cemetery.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Popovich&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1998, Popovich was awarded a national award by the Foundation for the Improvement of Justice.<sup id="cite_ref-obit2_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1991, he was awarded the John R. Finnegan Freedom of Information Award.<sup id="cite_ref-obit2_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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=Peter_Popovich&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-justice-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-justice_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-justice_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-justice_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-justice_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFWhereatt1989" class="citation news cs1">Whereatt, Robert (1989-01-22). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/article/star-tribune-new-chief-justice-hasnt-mi/158399684/">"New Chief Justice Hasn't Missed A Step in Climb to Top"</a>. <i>Star Tribune</i>. p. 1<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Publications - Popovich, Associate Justice, 1987-1989; Chief Justice 1989-1990</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mn.gov/law-library/research-links/judge-bios/peter-popovich.jsp">Minnesota State Law Library: Peter S. Popovich</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/Douglas_K._Amdahl" title="Douglas K. Amdahl">Douglas K. 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