Former Florida Chief Justice Leander J. Shaw Jr. — the state’s first black chief justice — died Monday after a lengthy illness, the Supreme Court said. He was 85. Shaw was appointed to the Florida ...

The body of retired Florida Supreme Court Justice Leander J. Shaw Jr. will lie in state from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday in the rotunda of the Supreme Court Building, 500 S. Duval St. The funeral service ...

Former Florida Supreme Court Justice Leander J. Shaw Jr., the first African-American to serve as chief justice, died Monday at 85 after a long illness, the court announced. Shaw was on the high court ...

Leander Shaw, Florida’s first black chief justice of the state Supreme Court, died Monday in Tallahassee at age 85. Shaw was appointed by Gov. Bob Graham to the state’s high court in 1983. He rose to ...

The people of Florida lost a good friend when retired Supreme Court Justice Leander Shaw passed away on Dec. 14. He is remembered above all as the first black chief justice of the state’s high court, ...

Former Florida Chief Justice Leander J. Shaw, Jr.-- the state's first African-American chief justice -- died early Monday morning after a lengthy illness, according a statement from the Florida ...

When Leander Shaw took the Florida Bar exam in 1960, he was not allowed to stay or eat at the whites-only hotel in Miami where the exam was administered. Three decades later, Shaw became the first ...

TALLAHASSEE — Leander Shaw, who served as the Florida Supreme Court’s first African-American chief justice, died early Monday after a lengthy illness, the court announced. He was 85. Shaw was ...