Justice P. Harris Hines just before his investiture as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia on Jan. 6, 2017. (Photo: John Disney/ALM)
“My daddy said, ‘Son, when you hire on, be sure and complete your tasks,’” Chief Justice P. Harris Hines recalled as he packed up “23 years of accumulated papers” and prepared for his last day on the job Friday. Hines said his last task is to “try to give a clean office” to Presiding Justice Harold Melton, who will move into the chief’s office Tuesday after the Labor Day weekend.
August 30, 2018 at 06:49 PM
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Editor’s note: On Nov. 4, 2018, the Daily Report reposted this article in the hours after Hines’ death in a car accident.
After a half-century practicing law—44 years of that on the bench, including more than two decades on the Supreme Court of Georgia—Chief Justice P. Harris Hines has written his last opinion.
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