James N. Nagbe

James N. Nagbe

14th Chief Justice of Liberia
In office 16 January 1986 – 18 June 1987
Nominated by	Samuel Doe
Preceded by	Emmanuel Gbalazeh
Succeeded by	Chea Cheapoo

James Nagbe Nagbe served as the 14th Chief Justice of Liberia from 1986 until his resignation in 1987.

Nagbe represented Montserrado County during the 1983 Constitutional Convention to draft a new constitution for the country due to the previous constitution's suspension after the 1980 coup. On 16 January 1986, the newly elected President Samuel Doe nominated Nagbe to become the Chief Justice of Liberia, replacing the transitional Chief Justice, Emmanuel Gbalazeh.^[1] However, Nagbe was unconstitutionally forced to resign by Doe on 18 June 1987, along with the entire Supreme Court bench.^[2]

References

↑ "Liberian President Shuffles Cabinet". The New York Times. January 16, 1986.
↑ "West Africa: In Brief; Liberia: resignation and appointment of justices". BBC. June 19, 1987.

Legal offices
Preceded by Emmanuel Gbalazeh	Chief Justice of Liberia 1986-1987	Succeeded by Chea Cheapoo

Chief Justices of Liberia

	Samuel Benedict John Day Boston Jenkins Drayton Edward J. Roye C. L. Parsons Zacharia B. Roberts James A. Toliver J. J. Dossen F. E. R. Johnson Louis Arthur Grimes H. Nimine Russell A. Dash Wilson James A. A. Pierre Emmanuel Gbalazeh† James N. Nagbe Chea Cheapoo Emmanuel Gbalazeh James G. Bull† Frances Johnson-Morris† Gloria Musu-Scott Henry Reed Cooper† Johnnie N. Lewis Francis Korkpor

	† denotes transitional Chief Justice

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