Samuel Steinfeld
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Samuel Steinfeld was the Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court of Kentucky. He was elected to the Kentucky Court of Appeals
in 1966 and became chief justice in 1972; when the Kentucky courts were reformed in 1975, he became the first chief justice of the newly formed state Supreme Court.
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 Canada, the Constitutional Court of South Africa, the Court of Final Appeal of...
of the Supreme Court of Kentucky. He was elected to the Kentucky Court of Appeals
Kentucky Court of Appeals
The Kentucky Court of Appeals is the lower of Kentucky's two appellate courts, under the Kentucky Supreme Court. Prior to a 1975 amendment to the Kentucky Constitution the Kentucky Court of Appeals was the only appellate court in Kentucky....
in 1966 and became chief justice in 1972; when the Kentucky courts were reformed in 1975, he became the first chief justice of the newly formed state Supreme Court.