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Which court did Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. join in Massachusetts in 1882?
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Associate justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
In December 1882, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. accepted an appointment to the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Massachusetts. He served on that bench for 20 years, eventually becoming its chief justice in 1899 before his appointment to the United States Supreme Court in 1902.1