James C. Adkins

{{Short description|American judge}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = James C. Adkins Jr.

| image = Adkins James Calhoun.jpg

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| office = Justice for the
Florida Supreme Court

| termstart = 1969

| termend = 1987

| appointer = Unknown

| predecessor =

| successor =

| office2 =

| termstart2 = 1990

| termend2 = 1992

| appointer2 = Unknown

| predecessor2 =

| successor2 =

| birth_name = James Calhoun Adkins Jr.

| birth_date = {{birth date|1915|1|18}}

| birth_place = Gainesville, Florida, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|6|24|1915|1|18}}

| death_place = Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.

| spouse = Mildred Frances McInnis
Sue Louise Harris
Ethel May Fox
Elizabeth Ann Carter Lawrence

| alma_mater = University of Florida College of Law

}}

James Calhoun Adkins Jr. (January 18, 1915 – June 24, 1994) was a justice of the Florida Supreme Court.

He was a judge from the U.S. state of Florida. James Adkins served on the Florida Supreme Court from 1969 to 1987. From 1974 to 1976, Adkins served as chief justice.

Adkins graduated from the University of Florida College of Law in 1938 and was a member of Florida Blue Key. While on the Florida Supreme Court, he dealt with student anti-war demonstrations in the 1960s, and reapportionment of the state of Florida in the 1970s.

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{{cite web

|url=http://www.law.ufl.edu/alumni/james-c-adkins-jr

|title=James C. Adkins Jr.

|date=26 June 2014

|publisher=Fredric G. Levin College of Law, University of Florida

|accessdate=22 May 2015

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Category:1915 births

Category:Chief justices of the Supreme Court of Florida

Category:1994 deaths

Category:20th-century American judges

Category:Fredric G. Levin College of Law alumni

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