James S. Coleman (judge)
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James S. Coleman Jr. (June 8, 1906 – August 24, 1987) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama from 1957 to 1975.
Coleman was the grandson of Thomas W. Coleman, who also served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama.[1]
Coleman received his undergraduate degree from the United States Naval Academy in 1927, attended the University of Alabama School of Law, and gained admission to the bar in 1934.[2]
He was elected to a six-year term on the state supreme court in 1956, and won re-election in 1962 and 1968. He chose not to run for re-election in 1974.[1][3]
Coleman died at the age of 81, following a lengthy illness.[1]
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