James Calhoun Adkins Jr. (January 18, 1915 – June 24, 1994) was a justice of the

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. He was a

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from the

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. James Adkins served on the Florida Supreme Court from 1969 to 1987. From 1974 to 1976, Adkins served as chief justice. Adkins graduated from the

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in 1938 and was a member of

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. While on the Florida Supreme Court, he dealt with student anti-war demonstrations in the 1960s, and reapportionment of the state of

in the 1970s.

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1915 births Chief justices of the Supreme Court of Florida 1994 deaths 20th-century American judges Fredric G. Levin College of Law alumni {{Florida-state-judge-stub