Holder 1st Woman to Lead Court -- Memphian Speaks of Historic Moment

The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current) › September 03, 2008

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NASHVILLE - Memphian Janice M. Holder was sworn in Tuesday afternoon as the Tennessee Supreme Court's new karate-kicking, horse- riding, roller-blading, scuba-diving, pickup truck-driving chief justice.

She also became Tennessee's first woman chief justice - a distinction lost on exactly no one during her 49-minute investiture in the state Supreme Court chambers.

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Holder 1st Woman to Lead Court -- Memphian Speaks of Historic Moment

"Eighty-eight years ago on Aug. 18, Harry Burn cast the deciding vote in the Tennessee legislatur...

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