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Associate Justice or Associate Judge is the title for a member of a judicial panel who is not the Chief Justice
Chief Justice

The Chief Justice in many countries is the name for the presiding member of a Supreme Court in Commonwealth or other countries with an Anglo-Saxon justice system based on English common law, such as the Supreme Court of the United States, the Supreme Court of Canada, the Supreme Court of India, the Supreme Court of Pakistan, the Supreme Court...
 in some jurisdictions. The title "Associate Justice" is used for members of the United States Supreme Court and some state supreme court
State supreme court

In the United States, the state supreme court is the highest state court in the U.S. state court system.Generally, the state supreme court is exclusively for hearing appeals of legal issues....
s, and for some other courts in Commonwealth
Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, also known as the Commonwealth or the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organization of fifty-three independent member states....
 countries. In other common law
Common law

Common law refers to law and the corresponding Legal systems of the world developed through legal opinion of courts and similar tribunals , rather than through statute law or Executive ....
 jurisdictions, the equivalent position is called "Puisne Justice
Puisne Justice

A Puisne Justice or Puisne Judge is the title for a regular member of a Court. This is distinguished from the head of the Court who is known as the Chief Justice or Chief Judge....
".

In the United States, judicial panels are non-hierarchical, so an Associate Judge has the same responsibilities with respect to cases as the Chief Judge.

An Associate Judge usually has fewer or different administrative responsibilities than the Chief.






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Associate Justice or Associate Judge is the title for a member of a judicial panel who is not the Chief Justice
Chief Justice

The Chief Justice in many countries is the name for the presiding member of a Supreme Court in Commonwealth or other countries with an Anglo-Saxon justice system based on English common law, such as the Supreme Court of the United States, the Supreme Court of Canada, the Supreme Court of India, the Supreme Court of Pakistan, the Supreme Court...
 in some jurisdictions. The title "Associate Justice" is used for members of the United States Supreme Court and some state supreme court
State supreme court

In the United States, the state supreme court is the highest state court in the U.S. state court system.Generally, the state supreme court is exclusively for hearing appeals of legal issues....
s, and for some other courts in Commonwealth
Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, also known as the Commonwealth or the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organization of fifty-three independent member states....
 countries. In other common law
Common law

Common law refers to law and the corresponding Legal systems of the world developed through legal opinion of courts and similar tribunals , rather than through statute law or Executive ....
 jurisdictions, the equivalent position is called "Puisne Justice
Puisne Justice

A Puisne Justice or Puisne Judge is the title for a regular member of a Court. This is distinguished from the head of the Court who is known as the Chief Justice or Chief Judge....
".

In the United States, judicial panels are non-hierarchical, so an Associate Judge has the same responsibilities with respect to cases as the Chief Judge.

An Associate Judge usually has fewer or different administrative responsibilities than the Chief. Famously, on the Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States, and leads the federal United States federal courts. It consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, who are nominated by the President of the United States and confirmed with th...
, the most junior Associate Justice (currently Justice Samuel Alito
Samuel Alito

Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr. is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States of the Supreme Court of the United States. Appointed by President George W....
), has the task of answering the door when the Justices are in private conference.

There are eight Associate Justices on the United States Supreme Court.

In New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
, Associate Judges of the High Court of New Zealand
High Court of New Zealand

The High Court of New Zealand was established in 1841 and known as the Supreme Court until 1980.The High Court has general jurisdiction and responsibility, under the Judicature Act 1908, for the administration of justice throughout New Zealand....
 supervise preliminary processes in most civil proceedings. Associate Judges have jurisdiction to deal with such matters as: summary judgment applications, company liquidations, bankruptcy proceedings, and some other types of civil proceedings. In the New Zealand legal system, Associate Judges were formerly known as Masters
Judiciary of England and Wales

There are various levels of judiciary in England and Wales ? different types of courts have different styles of judges. They also form a strict hierarchy of importance, in line with the order of the courts in which they sit, so that judges of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales are generally given more weight than district judges sitting...
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See also

  • Puisne Justice
    Puisne Justice

    A Puisne Justice or Puisne Judge is the title for a regular member of a Court. This is distinguished from the head of the Court who is known as the Chief Justice or Chief Judge....
     - Commonwealth equivalent
  • Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
    Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

    Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States are the members of the Supreme Court of the United States other than the Chief Justice of the United States....