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1. This American reality courtroom show features an aggressive arbitration judge with a no-nonsense agenda and attitude. Her show first aired in September of 1996, which makes it the longest running courtroom reality show in history with the same judge presiding. After her retirement as a judge for the Manhattan Family Court, she pursued a career on television. Who is this judge?
2. Sue Ellen Shepard was a contestant at the Miss Texas pageant in 1967. She caught the eye of one of the judges and likewise he caught hers. Three years later Sue Ellen married her rich prince charming from "Dallas". The show debuted on April 2, 1978, so they were a well-established married couple at the beginning of the series. Who was that beauty contest judge?
3. Our next judge was born in El Paso, Texas on March 26, 1930. She graduated from Stanford Law School in 1952. Ronald Reagan appointed her as an Associate Justice to the United States Supreme Court in 1981. She was approved unanimously by the United States Senate. She holds the distinction of becoming the first woman to be a Supreme Court Justice. Who is this remarkable judge?
4. The trial took place in Los Angeles Superior Court. The year was 1995. The trial was televised and hailed as the "trial of the century". As the proceedings dragged on for weeks and weeks, the world watched, waited and wondered. The presiding judge of this infamous double murder trial has been criticized by many for allowing his courtroom to be turned into a "media circus". What is his name?
5. He was born in 1825 and passed away in 1903. A saloon-keeper by trade, he was appointed as Justice of the Peace in Val Verde County, Texas. He held court in his saloon and labeled himself "The Law West of the Pecos". Who was this historical western judge?
6. The Supreme Court of the United States met for the first time on February 1, 1790 in the Merchants Exchange Building, New York City. Which of the following judges of the Supreme Court was appointed to be the first Chief Justice?
7. "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee focused around the trial of Tom Robinson who was accused of rape. The film version of the novel was filmed in 1962 and starred Gregory Peck as the defense lawyer, Atticus Finch. Paul Fix was the actor who portrayed the trial judge. What was this judge's name?
8. He kept his composure and professional decorum throughout the long Tate-LaBianca murder trial. In what would become a bizarre and lengthy courtroom real life trial, Charles Manson and his followers were ultimately found guilty of seven counts of murder in 1970-1971. Who was the judge who presided over the trial?
9. The twenty-month-old son of Charles Lindbergh and his wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh was kidnapped from their home near the town of Hopewell, New Jersey on March 1, 1932. His body was found a short distance from their home on May 12, 1932. After an intense investigation a German immigrant named Bruno Richard Hauptmann was arrested, tried and convicted of the murder. Who was the presiding judge at this much publicized trial?
10. In addition to being a judge, this very busy man's list of activities included law, journalism, philosophy and political activism. He was a leader of the radical Jacobin political group and a principal mover and shaker of the French Revolution. He literally lost his head on July 28, 1794. Who was this famous French judge?
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