When the news broke that former Chief Justice Harris Hines had died in a motor vehicle accident, it was stunning and heartbreaking moment. Here was a man who had achieved the pinnacle of his career in the most professional of ways gone shortly after his retirement from the job he loved so much.
Justice Harris Hines was the kind of judge that exuded a kind of cheer and fairness that few could ever master these days. The fact is that over my career he ruled in my favor at times and against me at times. It is what judges do.
