The Judiciary
Listed
below are the names and dates of service of the Justices of the High Court of
American Samoa during the period covered by this volume of the Digest. The list commences with the first true,
permanent justices, and does not include the early justices, who were primarily
officers of the United States Navy, pressed into temporary service as justices.
Harry
P. Wood, Chief Justice, 1921-1937
Arthur
A. Morrow, Chief Justice, 1937-1966
V.G.
Roel, Associate Justice, 1963-1966
Joseph
W. Goss, Associate Justice, 1966-1970
H.
Edward Hydon, Chief Justice, 1966-1968
Donald
C. Crothers, Chief Justice, 1968-1972
Leslie
N. Jochimsen, Associate Justice, 1971-1975
Chief
Justice, 1975-1976
William
J. McKnight, III, Chief Justice, 1972-1975
K.
William O’Connor, Associate Justice, 1976-1977
Chief
Justice, 1977-1978
Richard
I. Miyamoto, Associate Justice, 1976-1978
Chief
Justice, 1978-1981
Robert
Gardner, Chief Justice, 1981-1986
Thomas Murphy, Associate Justice, 1980-1987
Grover
Joseph Rees, III, Chief Justice, 1986-1988
Associate Justice, 1988-1991
F.
Michael Kruse, Associate Justice, 1987-1988
Chief
Justice, 1988-present
Lyle
L. Richmond, Associate Justice, 1991-present