Ernest C. Hornsby, also known asSonny Hornsby (born October 8, 1936), was chief justice of theSupreme Court of Alabama from 1989 to 1995.
He was born on October 8, 1936, and he received hisA.B. degree fromAuburn University and hisJ.D. from theUniversity of Alabama School of Law in 1960. From 1960 to 1988, He had a private law practice inTallassee, Alabama. He served as a state senator for the10th district from 1962 to 1966.[1] He served as president of theElmore County Bar Association, president of theAlabama Trial Lawyers Association, and asTallassee, Alabama City Judge from 1972 to 1978. From 1977 to 1978, he was president of theAlabama State Bar. He served asChief Justice of theSupreme Court of Alabama from 1989 to 1995.[2]
He was narrowly defeated for re-election in 1994 byPerry O. Hooper Sr., who became Alabama's third Republican chief justice and the first GOP member to hold the post in 120 years whenThomas Minott Peters (1872–1874) left office during Reconstruction.
Hornsby is married to Judy O’Daniel Hornsby.[3]
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