How do judges of the Supreme Court of Mississippi reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.

Supreme Court of Mississippi / Joined 1950 / Served to 1950

James Plemon Coleman

Justice, Supreme Court of Mississippi

James Plemon Coleman was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi, who joined the court in 1950. He earned a law degree from George Washington University in 1939. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1914–1991
Tenure: 1950–1950
Education: George Washington

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1950	Supreme Court of Mississippi	–	–

Education

University of Mississippi
George Washington University	LL.B.	1939

Judicial Record

In our data, Coleman authored 3 published opinions for the court (1950). Most cited: Frady v. Bryan (9 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 3 of these were attributed to Coleman by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1950	Frady v. Bryan†	210 Miss. 1	9
1950	Street v. Lokey†	209 Miss. 412	2
1950	Stilley v. Illinois Central R. R.†	209 Miss. 414	2

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Questions & answers

How do judges of the Supreme Court of Mississippi reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.
Which court was James Plemon Coleman on?: James Plemon Coleman was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi.

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Joined the court in 1950. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).