- Carlos Irizarry Yunqué
Carlos Irizarry Yunqué is a retired Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of Puerto Rico . Appointed by Gov.Luis Muñoz Marín he was succeeded in 1985 by the Court's first female Associate Justice,Miriam Naveira .Born on June 24, 1922 in
Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico , he obtained his bachelors degree at theUniversity of Puerto Rico in 1943 and, after three years of military service between 1943 and 1946, obtained his law degree from the same institution in 1949. He spent eight years in public service until 1957, when he entered private practice inPonce, Puerto Rico . From 1968 to 1973 he taught at thePontifical Catholic University Law School in Ponce before being appointed to the Court in 1973.Justice Irizarry, who retired in 1986 after 13 years of service on the Court, is now a Distinguished Professor at the
Interamerican University School of Law and regularly attends court activities.###@@@KEY@@@###succession box
title=Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
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years=1960's-1985
after=Miriam Naveira Sources
La Justicia en sus Manos by Luis Rafael Rivera, ISBN 1-57581-884-1
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