Supreme Court of the Marshall Islands

Supreme Court of the Marshall Islands
Seal of the court
Location	Marshall Islands
Composition method	Recommendation of Judicial Service Commission, appointment by the Cabinet, and approval of the Legislature
Authorised by	Constitution of the Marshall Islands
Judge term length	Citizens during good behavior up to age 72; noncitizens during good behavior for term of 1 year or more
Number of positions	1 chief justice and optional (currently 2) associate justices
Website	http://rmicourts.org/
Chief Justice
Currently	Daniel N. Cadra
Since	2013
Lead position ends	2023

The Supreme Court is the highest court of law in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. It has final authority of all cases brought before it. It consists of a Chief Justice and two associate justices.^[1]

The Chief Justice is Daniel N. Cadra. Chief Justices are appointed for ten-year terms.^[2]

Chief Justices

Name	Took office	Left office	Notes
Harold W. Burnett	January 1982	June 1988	[3][4][5]
Clinton R. Ashford	December 1988[3]	1996	[6]
Allen P. Fields	1997	2003	[7][8]
Daniel Cadra	September 2003	Incumbent	[9]

References

1. "The RMI Judiciary". rmicourts.org. Archived from the original on 13 June 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
2. "The Judiciary's Courts and Personnel". rmicourts.org. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
3. Marshall Islands Supreme Court (July 1982). Marshall Islands Law Reports. Supreme Court, Republic of the Marshall Islands.
4. "12 expelled from MIHS". The Marshall Islands Journal. 31 January 2019.
5. State, United States Department of (1985). "Report to the United Nations on the Administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Transmitted by the United States of America".
6. Who's who in the West. Marquis-Who's Who. 2002. ISBN 9780837909332.
7. "Pacific Magazine". PacificBasin Communications. 2004.
8. "Marose makes history". The Marshall Islands Journal. 28 April 2016.
9. "Senior Judges and Staff". Republic of the Marshall Islands Judiciary.