Brian Peterson's Legal Weblog, "A collection of legal news and commentary with a focus on West Virginia law," today includes an interesting observation on the West Virginia Supreme Court that alludes to the Indiana Supreme Court's decisions in Matter of Wilkins. Near the end of his entry, Kennedy states:
I recall a story from about a year ago in which an attorney was suspended in Indiana for suggesting in a footnote that a particular court opinion was "results-oriented." (The suspension was later reduced to a reprimand). If you read Justice Starcher's concurrence the way I do, our Court is unapologetically results-oriented. Many folks have been suggesting this for years, but I have never seen such an open endorsement of results orientation in an opinion. It just goes to show you that a judicial philosophy that is an anathema to one court is a badge of honor for another.Here is an earlier Indiana Law Blog entry on Wilkins; here is a link to the initial Supreme Court October 29, 2002 ruling, the January 3, 2003 motion for recusal and the Feb. 4, 2003 rehearing. Posted by Marcia Oddi at April 5, 2004 03:51 PM