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About Robert C. Murphy
Robert Charles Murphy was a Maryland lawyer and jurist. He served as Chief Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, from 1972 to October 9, 1996, the same that day he turned 70 years old. Seventy is the Maryland State Constitution's mandatory retirement age for judges, which Murphy unsuccessfully attempted to raise to 75 years old. Murphy was 45 years old when he was appointed by then Governor Marvin Mandel, making Murphy the youngest chief judge in Maryland state history.
Everything about Robert C. Murphy →- Occupation
- lawyer, judge
- Position held
- chief justice
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- October 9, 1926
- Died
- October 31, 2000