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James Nagbe Nagbe served as the 14th Chief Justice of Liberia from 1986 until his resignation in 1987.

Nagbe represented Montserrado County during the 1983 Constitutional Convention to draft a new constitution for the country due to the previous constitution's suspension after the 1980 coup d'état. On 16 January 1986, the newly elected President Samuel Doe nominated Nagbe to become the Chief Justice of Liberia, replacing the transitional Chief Justice, Emmanuel Gbalazeh. However, Nagbe was unconstitutionally forced to resign by Doe on 18 June 1987, along with the entire Supreme Court bench.

References

1. "Liberian President Shuffles Cabinet". The New York Times. January 16, 1986.
2. "West Africa: In Brief; Liberia: resignation and appointment of justices". BBC. June 19, 1987.

v t e Chief justices of Liberia
Benedict Day Drayton Roye Parsons Roberts Toliver Dossen Johnson Grimes Russell Wilson Pierre Gbalazeh† Nagbe Cheapoo Gbalazeh Bull† Johnson-Morris† Musu-Scott Cooper† Lewis Korkpor Yuoh
† denotes transitional Chief Justice

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