death_date death_place birth_place article_title office termstart termend appointer birth_date image spouse name
24 june 1994 tallahassee , florida gainesville , florida james c. adkins
 justice for the florida supreme court 1969 1987 leroy collins 18 january 1915 adkins james calhoun.jpg ethel may fox elizabeth adkins james c. adkins jr. .
james c. adkins

james calhoun adkins jr. -lrb- january 18 , 1915 -- june 24 , 1994 -rrb- .
adkins was a former justice for 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 - 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 .
