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Ralph Joseph Cappy (August 25, 1943 – May 1, 2009) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania from 1990 to 1998 and chief justice of the Court from 2003 to 2008.

Prior to joining the state Supreme Court, Cappy was named to the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas in 1978 and served as administrative judge of the civil division from 1986 to 1990. After leaving the Court in January 2008, he joined the law firm of Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney and practiced commercial litigation. He also served as chairman of the board of trustees at his alma mater the University of Pittsburgh.

Cappy died at his Green Tree home on May 1, 2009, at age 65.

See also

• 2005 Pennsylvania General Assembly pay raise controversy

References

1. "Chief Justice Ralph J. Cappy" (PDF).
2. Who's Who in American Law, 1998-1999. Marquis Who's Who. 1998. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-8379-3513-3.
3. "Pennsylvania's newest Chief justice to take on modernization of state courts". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
4. "Former Pa. Supreme Court Chief Justice Cappy dead". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 2 May 2009.
5. "Former Chief Justice Cappy dies". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

v t e Chief justices of Pennsylvania
18th century	David Lloyd Jeremiah Langhorne James Logan William Allen Benjamin Chew Thomas McKean Edward Shippen IV
19th century	William Tilghman John Bannister Gibson Jeremiah S. Black Ellis Lewis Walter H. Lowrie George W. Woodward James Thompson John M. Read Daniel Agnew George Sharswood Ulysses Mercur Isaac G. Gordon Edward M. Paxson James P. Sterrett Henry Green J. Brewster McCollum
20th century	James T. Mitchell D. Newlin Fell J. Hay Brown Robert von Moschzisker Robert S. Frazer John W. Kephart William I. Schaffer George W. Maxey James B. Drew Horace Stern Charles Alvin Jones John C. Bell Jr. Benjamin R. Jones Michael J. Eagen Henry X. O'Brien Samuel J. Roberts Robert N. C. Nix Jr. John P. Flaherty Jr.
21st century	Stephen Zappala Sr. Ralph Cappy Ronald D. Castille Thomas G. Saylor Max Baer Debra Todd

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