Gerald F. Schroeder | |
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Chief Justice of Idaho | |
In office September 1, 2004 –July 31, 2007 | |
Preceded by | Linda Copple Trout |
Succeeded by | Daniel Eismann |
Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court | |
In office January 20, 1995 –July 31, 2007 | |
Appointed by | Phil Batt |
Preceded by | Stephen Bistline |
Succeeded by | Warren Jones |
Personal details | |
Born | Boise,Idaho,U.S. | September 13,1939
Alma mater | College of Idaho (BA) Harvard University (JD) |
Profession | Attorney |
Gerald Frank Schroeder [1] (born September 13,1939) is a former American attorney and jurist who served as chief justice of Idaho. He was appointed to the court in 1995 by Governor Phil Batt, [2] and was elected chief justice by his peers in 2004. [3] He served on the court for over a dozen years and retired in July 2007. [3]
Born in Boise,Idaho,Schroeder attended public schools in Caldwell,Idaho and Baker,Oregon,where he was salutatorian at Baker High School in 1957. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in History from the College of Idaho in Caldwell in 1961,and initially planned on becoming a history professor. He took the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) on a whim and was accepted to Harvard Law School,earning his J.D. in 1964. [3]
After graduating from law school,Schroeder returned to Idaho and worked for several firms in Boise for three years. He was then appointed a deputy U.S. attorney in 1967, [4] became a county probate judge in 1969,and a magistrate two years later. He became a state judge in 1975 in the fourth district (Boise),a position he held for two decades,until his appointment to the state supreme court in January 1995. [3] Schroeder retained his seat in 1996 and 2002,running unopposed in both statewide elections. [5] [6]
As a district judge,Schroeder made headlines in 1987 as he ruled that the state lottery initiative,approved by voters the previous November,was unconstitutional. [7] His decision was upheld 4-1 by the state supreme court, [8] and resulted in an amendment to the state constitution. Voters approved that in November 1988, [9] [10] [11] and the lottery was launched in July 1989. [12]
Schroeder ordered the execution of double-murderer Keith Wells in 1992. Carried out in January 1994,it was Idaho's first execution in over 36 years and the tenth in state history. [13] [14] [15] He was among the officials that witnessed the execution by lethal injection at the Idaho State Correctional Institution. [3] [14]
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