Court Opinion

ID: 9547436
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 17:47:20.718139+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:17:44.392604
License: Public Domain

SHEPARD, Justice,
concurring.
I concur in the Court’s opinion solely to the end that should a petition for rehearing be filed I may be able to, and most assuredly will, cast a meaningful vote to grant rehearing. The Court’s unseemly and inexcusable rush to issue an opinion in this cause is perhaps best demonstrated by the fact that the opinion of Bakes, J. was laid upon our desks during a day of hearing cases in term and the Court’s opinion was released that same day. The opinion of Bakes, J. may or may not be important, but the instant cause is of the highest importance and significance. The appearance, to say nothing of the reality, of this Court as a collegial institution has been damaged and today’s action is indeed a sad commentary on the Court.