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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