RIP Stephen Reinhardt, 1931-2018

Judge Stephen Reinhardt, Liberal Lion on Ninth Circuit, Dies at 87; Prominent Liberal Judge From The 9th Circuit Court Has Died At 87 ; The DJ will run a full obit on Monday.

Ninth Circuit Chief Judge Sidney Thomas issued the following statement:

“All of us here at the Ninth Circuit are shocked and deeply saddened by Judge Reinhardt’s death. We have lost a great friend and colleague. As a judge, he was deeply principled, fiercely passionate about the law and fearless in his decisions. He will be remembered as one of the giants of the federal bench. He had a great life that ended much too soon.”