Season 1 poster

Season 1

(2002)

Cast

Joe Mantegna as Justice Joseph Novelli
Joe Mantegna

as Justice Joseph Novelli

James Garner as Chief Justice Thomas Brankin
James Garner

as Chief Justice Thomas Brankin

Charles Durning as Justice Henry Hoskins
Charles Durning

as Justice Henry Hoskins

James Karen as Justice Michael Bancroft
James Karen

as Justice Michael Bancroft

Camille Saviola as Justice Esther Weisenberg
Camille Saviola

as Justice Esther Weisenberg

Stephen Markle as Justice Theodore Snow
Stephen Markle

as Justice Theodore Snow

James McEachin as Justice Jerome Morris
James McEachin

as Justice Jerome Morris

Gail Strickland as Justice Deborah Szwark
Gail Strickland

as Justice Deborah Szwark

Lyman Ward as Justice Brian Chandler
Lyman Ward

as Justice Brian Chandler

Hedy Burress as Ellie Pearson
Hedy Burress

as Ellie Pearson

Christopher Wiehl as Jerry Klein
Christopher Wiehl

as Jerry Klein

Randy Vasquez as Miguel Mora
Randy Vasquez

as Miguel Mora

Joe Flanigan as Julian Lodge
Joe Flanigan

as Julian Lodge

Episodes

Pilot poster

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January 15, 2002

New Justice Joseph Novelli reports for the first Monday in October and handles his first case: whether to grant a stay …

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January 18, 2002

Justice Novelli is uncertain of his position when the court must decide if a North Dakota court decision to allow a 16-…

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January 25, 2002

The Court must rule on sixth-amendment rights when a murder witness requests to testify in a mask after three previous …

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February 1, 2002

Justice Novelli once again finds he's the swing vote when the Court is divided on whether to uphold the three-strikes l…

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February 8, 2002

A senator with a grudge against Justice Novelli gives a reporter photos of Novelli's uncle accepting an envelope from a…

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March 1, 2002

As the court considers whether to uphold a decision that protects a Web site calling for the murder of abortion doctors…

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March 8, 2002

Justice Hoskins takes a passionate interest in the Court's case of a woman who wants to terminate life support for her …

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March 29, 2002

A high-school basketball star appeals to the Supreme Court when the NBA refuses to let him play professionally until he…

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April 5, 2002

The Court must decide whether to uphold Megan's Law when they hear the case of a convicted sex offender who was harasse…

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April 12, 2002

The case of a teen accused of violating the Child Pornography Protection Act by morphing his friends' faces with bodies…

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April 19, 2002

The Court must determine whether a man's Constitutional rights were violated when the police took his blood sample out …

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April 22, 2002

As the Court debates whether a town's ban on guns is unconstitutional, a senator offers Justice Snow information on a c…

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May 3, 2002

The Court must decide whether to allow a book culled from the tapes of a deceased CIA officer to be published or allow …