Title: Indiana Constitutional Developments: Changes on the Court
Abstract: The survey period saw significant changes in the makeup of the Indiana Supreme Court, in addition to the change in membership that occurred in the prior year. Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard, whom some credit with re-igniting interest in Indiana constitutional law with the publication of his 1989 article, Second Wind for the Indiana Bill of Rights, retired after twenty-seven years of service on the court. Justice Frank Sullivan Jr. also retired after nineteen years of service to take a teaching position. Chief Justice Shepard was succeeded by Justice Brent T. Dickson, who has been on the court for twenty-eight years and has authored several important state constitutional decisions. Justice Dickson’s position as a justice was taken by Mark Massa, whose professional background includes time as a prosecutor, private practitioner, and government official. Justice Sullivan, now a professor of law, was succeeded by trial court judge Loretta Rush. It is uncertain what the
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-01-04
Language: en
Type: article
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