Harry Martin (judge)

{{Short description|American judge}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name =Harry C. Martin

| image=Harry Martin.png

| image_size=160px

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| office= Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court

| term_start = 1982

| term_end = 1992

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| successor =

| constituency =

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| birth_name=Harry Corpening Martin

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|1|13}}

| birth_place =Lenoir, North Carolina, U.S.

| death_date= {{death date and age|2015|5|3|1920|1|13}}

| death_place =Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.

| profession =

| residence =Asheville, North Carolina

| spouse = Nancy Dallam
(m.1955)

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Harry Corpening Martin (January 13, 1920 – May 3, 2015) was an associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, serving from 1982 to 1992.{{cite web|url=http://www.nccourts.org/Courts/Appellate/Supreme/Portrait/Portrait.asp?Name=Martin |title=Portrait |publisher=Nccourts.org |date= |accessdate=2014-01-02}} He was born in Lenoir, North Carolina.{{Cite web |url=http://buncombecounty.org/Governing/Commissioners/ArchivedAgenda/20111115/documents/HARRYCMARTIN.pdf |title=Resolution Requesting the North Carolina Board of Transportation to Dedicate the I-26 Bridge over Long Shoals Road (NC Highway 146) As the "Justice Harry C. Martin Bridge" |access-date=2014-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322190341/http://www.buncombecounty.org/Governing/Commissioners/ArchivedAgenda/20111115/documents/HARRYCMARTIN.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-22 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/northcarolinaman19891990nort#page/674/mode/2up |title=North Carolina manual [serial] |date= |accessdate=2014-01-02}}

He attended the University of North Carolina where he obtained a music degree. He then served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II from 1942 to 1945. He received his law degree from Harvard University after the war in 1948 and entered into a private practice. He became a judge in 1962 on the Superior Court of North Carolina. He would be appointed to the North Carolina Court of Appeals in 1978 and Supreme Court in 1982, serving until his mandatory retirement due to age in 1992.{{cite web|url=http://www.elon.edu/e-net/Article/52538 |title=Elon Law recognizes contributions in the law of Justice Harry C. Martin |publisher=Elon.edu |date= |accessdate=2014-01-02}} He also served as chief justice of the Cherokee Supreme Court from 2000 to 2006.{{cite web|url=https://www.ncbar.org/about/communications/news/2010-news-articles/law-day-2010-set-friday-may-7 |title=Justice Harry Martin And Students Honored At Law Day |publisher=Ncbar.org |date= |accessdate=2014-01-02}}

Martin married Nancy Dallam in 1955. They raised three children and later retired in Asheville, North Carolina. Marin died on May 3, 2015, in Asheville, North Carolina.{{cite news|title=Harry Martin (1920 – 2015) Obituary|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/citizen-times/obituary.aspx?n=harry-martin&pid=174787588|accessdate=15 May 2015|publisher=Asheville Citizen-Times|date=6 May 2015}}