Country Idaho, United States | Decisions are appealed to U.S. Supreme Court | |
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Established 1863 - Territorial
1890 - State Location 451 W. State St.
Boise, Idaho Composition method non-partisan state-wide staggered elections Authorized by | ||
The Idaho Supreme Court is the state supreme court of Idaho and is composed of the chief justice and four associate justices.
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The decisions of the Idaho Supreme Court are binding on all other Idaho state courts. The only court that may reverse or modify its decisions is the Supreme Court of the United States.
Justices
Justices are elected in non-partisan statewide elections and serve staggered six-year terms. Elections are held in the state primary, now in the spring, with run-off elections in November. The Chief Justice is selected by an election among the five justices and term length for that office is four years. Prior to 1983, the position went to the justice with the least amount of time remaining in his term.
The first female justice on the court was Linda Copple Trout, appointed 25 years ago in 1992 and elected in 1996 and 2002, and was chief justice from 1997 to 2004. Cathy Silak was appointed in 1993, elected in 1994, and served through 2000, suffering the only election defeat for an incumbent on the court since 1944. Following the retirement of Trout in 2007, the court had been all-male until the election of Robyn Brody in November 2016.
Current justices
As of January 2017, the justices of the Idaho Supreme Court are: