Stokes V. Robertson Jr. (1913 – July 19, 2006)Fall-Winter 2006 Millsaps Magazine (December 6, 2010), p. 53. was a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1966 to 1982.Leslie Southwick, Mississippi Supreme Court Elections: A Historical Perspective 1916-1996, 18 Miss. C. L. Rev. 115 (1997-1998).
Born in Jackson, Mississippi, Robertson received his undergraduate degree from Millsaps College in 1933.
In 2003, retired "state Supreme Court Justice Stokes Robertson of Jackson, now 90" reflected on the history of rambunctious justices serving on the court."Jerry Mitchell, "History of high court justices in Miss. reveals tradition of impropriety", Clarion-Ledger (May 5, 2003), p. 1, 6.
Stokes' nephew, Eugene Fair, was sworn in as a judge of the Mississippi Court of Appeals in January 2012, and wore one of Stokes' old robes following the ceremony."Court of Appeals Judge Fair takes oath", Columbian-Progress (January 12, 2012), p. 9.
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