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John Griffin (judge)

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308: 158:, going so far as to refuse to hear cases by himself without Woodward there to offer his opinion. He spent seventeen years on the court, and has been called "one of the most petulantly dissatisfied office-holders of all time" because he spent the entire time trying to find another job. 183:
Chardavoyne says Griffin was born in Scotland. Burton and Ross say he was a native of Virginia, while the Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society states that Griffin was born in Virginia.
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Chardavoyne and Hershock both give 1774 or "about 1774" as Griffin's birth year, while Ross and the Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society give "about 1779".
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While on the court in Michigan, he generally deferred to the opinions of Chief Justice
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to transfer him to the Supreme Court of the recently created Michigan Territory.
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Hershock, Martin J.; Taylor, Clifford W.; Finkelman, Paul (2006).
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Scotland
Virginia
College of William and Mary
Michigan Territory
Cyrus Griffin
Michigan Territory
Scotland
Virginia
Cyrus Griffin
president of the Continental Congress
College of William and Mary
Indiana Territory
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Augustus Woodward
"Remarks: The First Decade of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Michigan"
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The History of Michigan Law
ISBN
0-8214-1661-8
OCLC
182530288
"John Griffin"
the original
"Chapter XXXVII"
Landmarks of Detroit; : a history of the city
"Bench and Bar of Detroit"
The city of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922
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