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Gilbert V. Indeglia
Gilbert V. Indeglia is a former justice on the Rhode Island Supreme Court, serving from 2010 to 2020. Indeglia was nominated to the court by Governor Donald Carcieri (R) in March 2010 and sworn in on April 28.[1] He retired from the court on June 30, 2020.[2] Unless he or she chooses to retire, the justices of the Rhode Island Supreme Court hold office for life.
Indeglia retired on June 30, 2020. To learn more about this vacancy, click here.
Indeglia served as a Republican member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 1985 to 1991.
Education
Indeglia received his B.A. from Boston College in 1963 and his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1966.[1][3]
Career
Indeglia practiced law for 23 years. He was a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 1985 to 1991. Before that, he worked as a town solicitor and town council president in South Kingstown from 1977 to 1984. From 1989 to 2000, he served on the Rhode Island District Court. He joined the Rhode Island Superior Court in 2000 and served there until his appointment to the Rhode Island Supreme Court in 2010.[1][3]
Political ideology
In October 2012, political science professors Adam Bonica and Michael Woodruff of Stanford University attempted to determine the partisan ideology of state supreme court justices. They created a scoring system in which a score above 0 indicated a more conservative-leaning ideology, while scores below 0 were more liberal.
Indeglia received a campaign finance score of -0.39, indicating a liberal ideological leaning. This was less liberal than the average score of -0.50 that justices received in Rhode Island.
The study was based on data from campaign contributions by the judges themselves, the partisan leaning of those who contributed to the judges' campaigns, or, in the absence of elections, the ideology of the appointing body (governor or legislature). This study was not a definitive label of a justice, but an academic summary of various relevant factors.[4]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Providence Journal, "Indeglia installed on high court," April 29, 2010
- ↑ Providence Journal, "R.I. Supreme Court Justice Gilbert Indeglia to retire this year," January 10, 2020
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Rhode Island Judiciary, "About the Supreme Court," accessed July 6, 2016
- ↑ Stanford University, "State Supreme Court Ideology and 'New Style' Judicial Campaigns," October 31, 2012
Federal courts:
First Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Rhode Island • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Rhode Island
State courts:
Rhode Island Supreme Court • Rhode Island Superior Court • Rhode Island District Court • Rhode Island Family Court • Rhode Island Workers' Compensation Court • Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal
State resources:
Courts in Rhode Island • Rhode Island judicial elections • Judicial selection in Rhode Island
