Russell M. Nigro

Russell M. Nigro
Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
In office
January 1, 1996 – January 2, 2006[1]
Succeeded byCynthia Baldwin[2]
Judge of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas
In office
July 2, 1987 – January 1, 1996
Personal details
Born (1946-03-23) March 23, 1946 (age 78)[3]
Political partyDemocratic
EducationTemple University (BBA)
Rutgers University (JD)

Russell M. Nigro (born March 23, 1946) is a former justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He first ran on the Democratic ticket in 1995. He ran for retention in 2005 but lost, thus making him the first Supreme Court Justice to lose a retention vote since such elections were first held in 1968.[4]

  1. ^ "Justice Russell M. Nigro" (PDF).
  2. ^ Nephin, Dan (December 17, 2005). "Judge Cynthia Baldwin gets nod for Pa. Supreme Court". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on December 19, 2023.
  3. ^ "Russell M. Nigro". OurCampaigns.
  4. ^ Nigro: 'Misguided' outrage cost him Supreme Court seat