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IN HCR0028
Concurrent Resolution
Status
2/21/2012
Primary Sponsor
Suzanne Crouch
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AI Summary
HCR 0028 Summary
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Honors Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard on his retirement from the Indiana Supreme Court in March 2012
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Recognizes his 27-year tenure as the longest-serving state court chief justice in the United States, appointed to the Supreme Court in 1985 and selected as chief justice in 1987
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Acknowledges his achievements including court modernization reforms (discretionary case selection, webcasting oral arguments, jury instructions in plain English), creation of the "Courts in the Classroom" educational program, and national recognition including appointment to the U.S. Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules
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Notes his receipt of the highest number of votes ever cast for an Indiana state supreme court justice in the 2008 retention election
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Directs the Principal Clerk of the House to transmit the resolution to Chief Justice Shepard and his family
Legislative Description
Honoring Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard on his retirement.
Last Action
Senators Alting, Arnold, Banks, Boots, Bray, Breaux, Broden, Buck, Charbonneau, Delph, Eckerty, Gard, Glick, Grooms, Head, Hershman, Holdman, Hume, Kenley, Kruse, Lanane, Landske, Lawson, Leising, Long, Merritt, Miller, Mishler, Mrvan, Nugent, Paul, Randolph, Rogers, Schneider, Simpson, Skinner, Smith, Steele, Tallian, Taylor, Tomes, Walker, Waltz, Waterman, Wyss, Yoder, R. Young, M. Young and Zakas added as cosponsors
2/21/2012