First and last pages of the first judgment delivered by the Court of Justice of the ECSC on 20 December 1954. The first page features the 'Curia' emblem, the words 'Court of Justice of the European Coal and Steel Community' and the circular seal. The last page presents the operative part of the judgment with the signatures of the President, Judges and Registrar.
On 27 September 1950, the French delegation for the Paris Conference on the Schuman Plan drafts a note setting out the roles and powers of the Court of Justice of the future European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC).
On 10 December 1952, in Luxembourg, the first seven judges at the Court of Justice of the ECSC are sworn in. One after the other, they swear to perform their duties impartially and conscientiously and not to divulge the confidential substance of their deliberations.
Maurice Lagrange, who drafted the ECSC Treaty and was subsequently Advocate General at the Court of Justice for 12 years, retraces the history of the Court of Justice from the Schuman Plan to the European Union.
On 10 December 1952, in Luxembourg, Jean Monnet, President of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), opens the inaugural session of the Court of Justice of the ECSC.