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Thursday, August 11, 2011
Courts - 7th Circuit Judge Terence Evans dies after battling a sudden, serious illness [Updated]
Here is a brief obituary from the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
[More] See the Election Law Blog's tribute here.
[Updated at 2:38 pm] How Appealing has posted the statement of Seventh Circuit Chief Judge Frank H. Easterbrook regarding the death of Circuit Judge Terence T. Evans.
Here is a wonderful remembrance from a former clerk. A quote:
Judges on the Seventh Circuit mostly fall into two groups: former academics and former district judges. Evans was the latter. His judicial philosophy, to the extent he had one, was pragmatic. He liked to hire clerks with journalism backgrounds because he favored plain writing and clear legal explanations. On the appellate court, he retained the instincts of the district judge he had been for many years. He was inclined to defer to district judges when doing so was reasonable, and he liked to give them little shout-outs in his opinions when he thought they had gotten something right. He could be privately impatient with colleagues (or clerks) whom he thought were getting too deep into the weeds of legal theory. He was universally liked by lawyers who practice regularly at the 7th Circuit, who appreciated his civility toward them.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on August 11, 2011 01:39 PM
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