Ronald Nehring
Ronald E. Nehring was a justice on the Utah Supreme Court. He was appointed to the court by former Governor Michael Leavitt in May of 2003.[1] Nehring retired from the court in February 2015.[2]
Education
Nehring received his B.A. from Cornell University and his J.D. from the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah.[3]
Career
After law school, Nehring worked for the Utah Legal Services. He later worked in private practice and was a shareholder with the Salt Lake City firm of Prince, Yeates and Geldzahler. In 1995, Nehring was appointed to the Third District Court and served in this capacity until joining the Utah Supreme Court in 2003.[1]
Awards and associations
- Former chair, Board of District Court Judges
- Member, Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct
- Member, Utah Judicial Council [1]
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.
Nehring received a campaign finance score of 0.8, indicating a conservative ideological leaning. This was more conservative than the average score of 0.45 that justices received in Utah.
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]
See also
External links
- Utah Courts, "Justice Ronald E. Nehring"
- Project Vote Smart, "Justice Ronald E. Nehring (UT)"
- Deseret News, "Utah Supreme Court reverses ruling in 911 callers case," May 16, 2010 (dissent)
- KSL.com, "Marijuana Odor Didn't Justify Search Without a Warrant," March 9, 2007
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Utah Courts, "Justice Ronald E. Nehring," accessed July 22, 2014
- ↑ The Salt Lake Tribune, "Utah Supreme Court justice to retire," July 21, 2014
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Justice Ronald E. Nehring (UT)," accessed July 22, 2014
- ↑ Stanford University, "State Supreme Court Ideology and 'New Style' Judicial Campaigns," October 31, 2012
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| Current judges | Matthew Durrant, Diana Hagen, John A. Pearce, Paige Petersen, Jill Pohlman | ||
| Former judges | Christine Durham, Deno Himonas, Thomas Rex Lee, Ronald E. Nehring | ||
