Rudolph Hargrave

Rudolph Hargrave

Nonpartisan

Prior offices

Oklahoma Supreme Court District 8

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Education

Law

University of Oklahoma College of Law, 1949

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Rudolph Hargrave was a judge for District 8 of the Oklahoma Supreme Court. He was appointed to this position by Governor Boren on October 10, 1978. He served one term as chief justice, beginning on January 1, 1989. He retired on December 31, 2010. Hargrave passed away on April 1, 2014.

Education

Hargrave earned his J.D. from the University of Oklahoma in 1949.

Career

• 1978-2010: Justice, Oklahoma Supreme Court
• 1967-1978: District judge, District 22 Court
• 1964-1967: Judge, Seminole County
• 1949-1964: Attorney in private practice

Awards and associations

During his term as chief justice, he was elected by the National Conference of Chief Justices as vice president of that conference, the first Oklahoma Supreme Court justice ever to serve in that position. He was also a member of the Seminole County Bar Association, the Oklahoma Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the Oklahoma Judicial Conference.

See also

• Oklahoma Supreme Court
• Courts in Oklahoma
• Judicial selection in Oklahoma

External links

• The Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma, Justice Rudolph Hargrave, District No. 8
• Project Vote Smart, Justice Rudolph Hargrave (OK)
• New York Law School, "Oklahoma Supreme Court Sends Mixed Signals on Same-Sex Divorce Dispute"
• Seminole Nation, "American Indian culture celebrated at Red Earth Festival and Sovereignty Symposium"

Footnotes

Oklahoma courts

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Federal courts:

Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Oklahoma, Northern District of Oklahoma, Western District of Oklahoma • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Oklahoma, Northern District of Oklahoma, Western District of Oklahoma

State courts:

Oklahoma Supreme Court • Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals • Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals • Oklahoma District Courts • Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims

State resources:

Courts in Oklahoma • Oklahoma judicial elections • Judicial selection in Oklahoma