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William Ray Price (Missouri)
William Ray Price, Jr. was a justice on the Missouri Supreme Court. He was appointed to the court on April 7, 1992 by Governor John Ashcroft. Price was then retained in November 1994 and November 2006. He retired on August 1, 2012.[1]
He was Chief Justice from July of 2009 until June of 2011.[2]
Education
Price received his B.A. in Religion from the University of Iowa in 1974 and his J.D. from Washington and Lee University School of Law in 1978.[3]
Career
From 1978 to 1992, Price worked with the Lathrop Norquist law firm, first as an associate and later as a partner.[3]
Awards and associations
Awards
- 2006 The Claire McCaskill Award, Missouri Association of Drug Court Professionals
- 2002 The Roosevelt Award, Greene County Drug Court
- 2001 Robert Walston Chubb Award, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri
- 1996 Distinguished Non-Alumnus Award, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law[3]
Associations
- 2009-2011 Chairman, National Association of Drug Court Professionals
- 2008-present Judiciary Advisory Board, Searle Civil Justice Institute
- 2009 Board Member, Advanced Science and Technology Adjudication Resource Center
- 2001-present Chairman, Missouri Drug Court Commission[3]
For a complete list of Justice Price's accomplishments, please visit: Justice Price's Biography
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.
Price received a campaign finance score of 1.02, indicating a conservative ideological leaning. This was more conservative than the average score of 0.001 that justices received in Missouri.
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
- News: Retired Judge William Ray Price stresses importance of seeking alternatives to prison, September 20, 2012
- News: Longest serving judge on the Missouri Supreme Court to retire, June 11, 2012
External links
- Kansas City Daily Record, "Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis plans luncheon to honor Judge Price," July 12, 2012
- NewTribune.com, "Mo. judge: courts face money, political pressures," June 30, 2011
- Chief Justice Price's 2011 State of the Judiciary addres
- Missouri Netizen, "Missouri Chief Justice State of the Judiciary Address (Full Transcript)," February 4, 2010
- STLtoday.com, "Mo. Chief Justice: Jailing nonviolent offenders doesn't work," February 3, 2010
- Your Missouri Courts, Chief Justice William Ray Price, Jr.
- Project Vote Smart, Chief Justice William Ray Price, Jr. (MO)
Footnotes
- ↑ KAIT8, "Veteran judge to resign from Mo. Supreme Court," June 4, 2012
- ↑ Connect MidMissouri.com, "Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice steps down," June 30, 2011
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Your Missouri Courts, Chief Justice William Ray Price, Jr.
- ↑ Stanford University, "State Supreme Court Ideology and 'New Style' Judicial Campaigns," October 31, 2012
Federal courts:
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Missouri, Western District of Missouri • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Missouri, Western District of Missouri
State courts:
Missouri Supreme Court • Missouri Court of Appeals • Missouri Circuit Courts • Missouri Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Missouri • Missouri judicial elections • Judicial selection in Missouri
