Martha B. Sosman
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Martha B. Sosman (October 20, 1950 – March 10, 2007) was an American lawyer and jurist from Massachusetts. Appointed by Governor Paul Cellucci, she served as an Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 2000 until her death.
Sosman was a graduate of Middlebury College in Vermont and the University of Michigan Law School.
Sosman was one of three justices to dissent in the Goodridge v. Department of Public Health case, which legalized same-sex marriage in Massachusetts.
In April 2005, Sosman was diagnosed with breast cancer. She died of respiratory failure nearly two years later.[1] Governor Deval Patrick appointed Margot Botsford as Sosman's successor on July 26, 2007.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Justice Sosman of the SJC dies at 56, The Boston Globe, March 12, 2007
- ^ Margot Botsford SJC Pick, Massachusetts Law Updates, July 27, 2007
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| Preceded by Neil L. Lynch |
Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court September 6, 2000 – March 10, 2007 |
Succeeded by Margot Botsford |
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