James S. Coleman Jr. (June 8, 1906 – August 24, 1987) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama from 1957 to 1975.
[1] Coleman received his undergraduate degree from the United States Naval Academy in 1927, attended the University of Alabama School of Law, and gained admission to the bar in 1934.
[2] He was elected to a six-year term on the state supreme court in 1956, and won re-election in 1962 and 1968.
[1][3] Coleman died at the age of 81, following a lengthy illness.
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