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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Historical Commission
Est. 2023
Supreme Court Ceremonies
The Supreme Court periodically holds ceremonial sessions to install new members or remember passed colleagues, as civics education events, or to recognize the work of long serving judicial staff.
Philadelphia Courtroom Dedication Ceremony for Justice Sandra Schultz Newman
September 9, 2025
Installation of Justice Daniel D. McCaffery
January 11, 2024
Installation of Chief Justice Debra Todd
January 20, 2023 - 667 Pa. XXXIII
Installation of Justice P. Kevin Brobson
March 11, 2022 - 661 Pa. XLIII
Symposium in Celebration of the Court's 300th Anniversary
May 19 & 20, 2022
Induction of Chief Justice Max Baer
October 5, 2021 - 660 Pa. XXXIII
Retirement Ceremony for Chief Justice Thomas G. Saylor
September 22, 2021
Induction of Justice Christine Donohue
January 8, 2016 - 658 Pa. XXXVII
Installation of Chief Justice Thomas G. Saylor
January 6, 2015 - 627 Pa. XLI
Installation of Justice Correale F. Stevens
July 30, 2013 - 618 Pa. XLIII
In Memoriam Justice Frank J. Montemuro Jr.
September 12, 2012 - 613 Pa. LI
Bar Admission Ceremony for George Boyer Vashon
October 20, 2010 - 605 Pa. LIII
In Memoriam Chief Justice Ralph J. Cappy
September 15, 2009 - 602 Pa. XLIX
Retirement Ceremony for Lorraine Janicki, Acting Executive AdministratorApril 15, 2009 - 602 Pa. LXXI
Investiture of Justice Jane Cutler Greenspan
July 31, 2008 - 601 Pa. LI
Installation of Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille
January 14, 2008 - 600 Pa. LIX
Installation of Justice Debra Todd
January 10, 2008 - 603 Pa. XLXI
In Memoriam Paul B. McAndrew, Court Crier
November 28, 2007 - 594 Pa. LIX
Induction of Justice Cynthia A. Baldwin
March 24, 2006 - 589 Pa. CXLVII
Induction of Justice Max Baer
December 26, 2003 - 579 Pa. XCIV
Installation of Justice William H. Lamb
February 7, 2003 - 573 Pa. CLXIII
Installation of Chief Justice Ralph J. Cappy
January 3, 2003 - 572 Pa. CLXVII
In Memoriam Nancy M. Sobolevitch, Court Administrator of Pennsylvania
April 10, 2002 - 570 Pa. LXXXVII
Induction of Justice J. Michael Eakin
January 4, 2002 - 571 Pa. LXIX
In Memoriam Juanita Kidd Stout
October 21, 1998 - 555 Pa. CCXIII
Induction of Justice Thomas G. Saylor
January 5, 1998 - 554 Pa. XLVII
In Memoriam Justice William D. Hutchinson
April 30, 1996 - 544 Pa. XLIII
Induction of Justice Sandra Schultz Newman
January 5, 1996
In Memoriam Justice Roy Wilkinson Jr.
December 5, 1995
Induction of Justice Ronald D. Castille
January 3, 1994 - 537 Pa. CCV
In Memoriam James T. McDermott
December 9, 1992 - 532 Pa. CLI
Induction of Justice Ralph J. Cappy
December 28, 1989 - 447 Pa. V
In Memoriam Chief Justice Samuel J. Roberts
March 9, 1988 - 518 Pa. LXIII
Induction of Justice Juanita Kidd Stout
March 3, 1988 - 519 Pa. CXCV
In Memoriam Chief Justice Michael J. Eagen
November 12, 1987 - 520 Pa. CXL
In Memoriam Chief Justice Samuel J. Roberts
August 25, 1987 - 516 Pa. LV
Induction of Chief Justice Samuel J. Roberts
January 3, 1983 - 499 Pa. CXLVI
Induction of Justice Stephen A. Zappala
December 30, 1982 - 501 Pa. CLXXIII
In Memoriam William T. Fells, Court Crier
June 23, 1982 - 498 Pa. LXIII
Investiture of Justice James Thomas McDermott
January 4, 1982 - 497 Pa. XLVII
Induction of Justice Roy Wilkinson Jr.
April 21, 1981 - 493 Pa. XXXV
In Memoriam Chief Justice Benjamin R. Jones Jr.
October 20, 1980 - 491 Pa. XXXIII
Induction of Justice Bruce W. Kauffman
February 29, 1980 - 487 Pa. LI
Proceedings of the 250th Anniversary of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
May 22, 1972 - 448 Pa. cxxv
Induction of Chief Justice Benjamin R. Jones
January 7, 1972 - 447 Pa. li
Investiture Proceedings of Justices Robert N. C. Nix Jr. and Louis L. Manderino
January 3, 1972 - 447 Pa. li
In Memoriam Justice Herbert B. Cohen
May 26, 1971 - 443 Pa. ci
In Memoriam Chief Justice Horace Stern
April 30, 1969 - 434 Pa. xcv
In Memoriam Justice Michael A. Musmanno
March 24, 1969 - 433 Pa. xxxv
In Memoriam Chief Justice Charles Alvin Jones
November 15, 1966 - 423 Pa. xxix
Induction of Justice Samuel J. Roberts
January 7, 1963 - 409 Pa. xxxvii
In Memoriam Justice Curtis Bok
November 19, 1962 - 408 Pa. xxiii
Induction of Justice Henry X. O'Brien
January 3, 1962 - 406 Pa. xxiii
Induction of Chief Justice John C. Bell Jr.
September 13, 1961 - 405 Pa. xxiii
Induction of Justice Michael J. Eagen
January 2, 1960 - 397 Pa. xxiii
In Memoriam Justice John C. Arnold
January 9, 1959 - 394 Pa. xxiii
In Memoriam Justice Thomas McKeen Chidsey
June 2, 1958 - 392 Pa. xxiii
Induction of Justices Benjamin R. Jones and Herbert B. Cohen
January 7, 1957 - 388 Pa. xxi
Induction of Chief Justice Charles Alvin Jones
December 29, 1956 - 387 Pa. xxi
Minutes of the Eight Judicial Conference of Pennsylvania
April 14 & 15, 1955 - 383 Pa. xxiii
In Memoriam Justice Grover C. Ladner
November 8, 1954 - 380 Pa. xxi
Minutes of the Seventh Judicial Conference of Pennsylvania
January 20 & 21, 1954 - 379 Pa. xxii
Portrait Unveiling of Marion D. Patterson
November 16, 1953 - 375 Pa. xxi
In Memoriam Chief Justice James B. Drew
September 28, 1953 - 374 Pa. xxi
Induction of Justice John C. Arnold
January 5, 1953 - 372 Pa. xxi
Induction of Chief Justice Horace Stern
November 10, 1952 - 371 Pa. xxi
In Memoriam Justice Howard W. Hughes
September 24, 1945 - 352 Pa. xxiii
Tribute to the Late President Franklin D. Roosevelt
April 13, 1945 - 351 Pa. xxix
In Memoriam Pier Dannals, Prothonotary Western District
March 21, 1945 - 351 Pa. xxvii
Induction of Justice Charles Alvin Jones
January 2, 1945 - 351 Pa. xxiii
In Memoriam Chief Justice John W. Kephart
September 25, 1944 - 350 Pa. xxiii
Induction of Chief Justice George W. Maxey and Justice Allen M. Stearne
January 4, 1943 - 345 Pa. xxiii
In Memoriam Justice H. Edgar Barnes
November 25, 1940 - 339 Pa. xxxv
Induction of Chief Justice William I. Schaffer and Justice Marion D. Patterson
January 2, 1940 - 337 Pa. xxiii
In Memoriam Chief Justice Robert Von Moschzisker
December 4, 1939 - 336 Pa. xxi
Minutes of the Sixth Judicial Conference of Pennsylvania
May 14 & 15, 1937 - 327 Pa. xxix
In Memoriam Justice Edward J. Fox
May 10, 1937 - 325 Pa. xxi
Minutes of the Fifth Judicial Conference of Pennsylvania
May 15 & 16, 1936 - 323 Pa. xlix
Minutes of the Fourth Judicial Conference of Pennsylvania
April 8 & 9, 1932 - 323 Pa. xxxi
Minutes of the Third Judicial Conference of Pennsylvania
April 10 & 11, 1930 - 300 Pa. xxv
Minutes of the Second Judicial Conference of Pennsylvania
June 24 & 25, 1929 - 297 Pa. xxvii
Minutes of the First Judicial Conference of Pennsylvania
April 6 & 7, 1928 - 297 Pa. xxv
Ceremonies of the Bi-Centennial Anniversary of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
May 22, 1922 - 273 Pa. xxiii
Announcement of Senator Penrose's Death
January 3, 1922 - 271 Pa. xxxii
Portrait Unveiling of Chief Justice Jacob Hay Brown and Justice John Stewart
January 3, 1922 - 271 Pa. xxv
In Memoriam Justice John Stewart
December 31, 1920 - 267 Pa. xxv
In Memoriam Justices S. Leslie Mestrezat and William Potter
November 22, 1918 - 261 Pa. xxxv
In Memoriam Justice John P. Elkin
January 3, 1916 - 251 Pa. xxiii
In Memoriam Justice John Dean
June 22, 1905 - 211 Pa. xxx
In Memoriam Chief Justice J. Brewster McCollum
October 12, 1903 - 207 Pa. xxix
In Memoriam Chief Justice Henry Green
October 5, 1900 - 197 Pa. xix
In Memoriam Justice Silas M. Clark
January 4, 1892 - 144 Pa. xxi
Proceedings of the Opening of the Court - Philadelphia Permanent Courtroom
January 5, 1891 - 137 Pa. xxiii
In Memoriam Justice John Trunkey
October 1, 1888 - 120 Pa. xix
In Memoriam Chief Justice Ulysses Mercur
October 3, 1887 - 116 Pa. xix
In Memoriam Justice Warren J. Woodward
September 25, 1879 - 91 Pa. xv
Installation of Chief Justice George Sharswood
January 6, 1879 - 88 Pa. xv
In Memoriam Justice Henry W. Williams
February 20, 1877 - 82 Pa. xx
Dedication of the New Court Room in Philadelphia - Temporary
January 1, 1877 - 82 Pa. xv
In Memoriam Chief Justice James Thompson
January 29, 1874 - 72 Pa. xiii
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