New Batch of Supreme Judges

CK - Washington. Today, the federal election committee for the judiciary, Bundeswahlausschuss, elected several batches of justices for the various supreme courts. It chose six justices for the Bundesgerichtshof which is the supreme court for civil and criminal matters. The supreme tax court, Bundesfinanzhof, receives five new justices. Three appointments went to the supreme court for social matters, Bundessozialgericht, and two each to the supreme administrative court, Bundesverwaltungsgericht, and the supreme employment relations court, Bundesarbeitsgericht. Links to the courts are located in the side column. The office of the Attorney General in Berlin released a press statement, dated March 17, 2005. The electors are 16 representatives of the 16 federal states and 16 appointees from the federal diet, Bundestag, in Berlin.