Morris Pashman

Morris Pashman
Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court
In office
April 1973 – 1982
Appointed byWilliam T. Cahill
Preceded byHaydn Proctor
Succeeded byMarie L. Garibaldi
Mayor of Passaic, New Jersey
In office
1952–1955
Personal details
BornSeptember 27, 1912
Passaic, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedOctober 3, 1999(1999-10-03) (aged 87)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Alma materRutgers Law School

Morris Pashman (September 27, 1912 – October 3, 1999) was a justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, and before that a judge on New Jersey Superior Court and Mayor of Passaic, New Jersey. On the New Jersey Supreme Court, Pashman issued opinions in two major murder cases, advocated for the equal citizenship rights of the mentally handicapped and was one of the few dissenting votes objecting to the jailing of a reporter who refused to turn over his notes in a murder case.