Justices
The Court has seven justices, each of whom is elected for an eight-year term from one of seven geographic districts in non-partisan elections. The justices' terms are staggered; they do not all run for election in the same years. The justices choose one of their number to serve a four-year term as chief justice; the first chief justice was Samuel Steinfeld, who had been the chief justice of the Appeals Court since 1972.
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