Peter S. Popovich

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The Honorable Peter S. Popovich
Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
In office November 16, 1987 – November 30, 1990
Appointed by	Rudy Perpich
Preceded by	Douglas Amdahl
Succeeded by	A.M. "Sandy" Keith
Chief Judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals
In office November 2, 1983 – November 15, 1987
Appointed by	Rudy Perpich
Preceded by	Office Created
Succeeded by	D.D. Wozniak
Personal details
Born	November 27, 1920 Crosby, Minnesota
Died	March 29, 1996 St. Marys Point, Minnesota
Spouse(s)	Dorothy Lee Popovich Gail Popovich

Peter Stephen Popovich (November 27, 1920 - March 29, 1996) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge from Minnesota. He is the only person in the state's history to serve as both Chief Judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals and Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court.

Popovich was born in Crosby, Minnesota in 1920. He earned degrees from the University of Minnesota and William Mitchell College of Law (then the St. Paul College of Law) in 1942 and 1947, respectively. He was in private practice in the Twin Cities from 1947 to 1983, while also serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1953 to 1963.

Upon the creation of the state Court of Appeals in 1983, Governor Rudy Perpich appointed Popovich to be Chief Judge. Perpich elevated him to the Supreme Court in 1987, and named him Chief Justice in 1989. Popovich resigned as Chief Justice in late 1990, having reached mandatory retirement age.

Following his retirement from the Supreme Court, Popovich joined the Minneapolis law firm of Briggs & Morgan. He died in early 1996 at the age of 75.

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Preceded by Douglas K. Amdahl	Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court 1987 - 1992	Succeeded by A.M. "Sandy" Keith
Preceded by Office Created	Chief Judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals 1983 - 1987	Succeeded by D.D. Wozniak

v t e Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Minnesota

Emmett T. Wilson Gilfillan Ripley McMillan Gilfillan Start Brown S. Wilson Devaney Gallagher Loring Dell Knutson Sheran Amdahl Popovich Keith Blatz Anderson Magnuson Gildea

v t e Minnesota Supreme Court Justices

Territorial (1849–1858)	Goodrich Cooper Meeker Fuller Hayner Chatfield Sherburne Welch R. Nelson Flandrau

State (since 1858)	Flandrau Atwater Emmett T. Wilson McMillan Berry Gilfillan Ripley Young Cornell Mitchell Clark Dickinson Vanderburgh Collins Buck Canty Start C. Brown Lovely Lewis Douglas Jaggard Elliott O'Brien Simpson Bunn P. Brown Holt Hallam Schaller Quinn Dibell S. Wilson Stone Hilton Olsen Loring Devaney Olson H. Peterson H. Gallagher Streissguth Pirsig Youngdahl T. Gallagher Magney Matson W. Christianson F. Gallagher Knutson T. Christianson Dell M. Nelson Murphy Loevinger Otis Rogosheske Sheran C.D. Peterson F. Kelly Todd MacLaughlin Yetka Scott Wahl Amdahl Simonett G. Kelley Coyne Popovich Keith Tomljanovich Gardebring Page P. Anderson Stringer Blatz Gilbert R. Anderson Lancaster Meyer Hanson G.B. Anderson Gildea Dietzen Magnuson Stras Wright Lillehaug

v t e Chief Judges of the Minnesota Court of Appeals

Peter S. Popovich D.D. Wozniak Paul H. Anderson Anne Simonett Edward Toussaint, Jr. Matthew E. Johnson

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Persondata
Name	Popovich, Peter Stephen
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	November 27, 1920
Place of birth	Crosby, Minnesota
Date of death	March 29, 1996
Place of death	St. Marys Point, Minnesota

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