Article: JUDGE UNDER FIRE.(NEWS)(Brief Article)

Article: Heiple foe next in line // Chief justice post may ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  May 4, 1997 ;     630 words ... ... Illinois Constitution, the chief justice is chosen by the court's ... serve a three-year stint as chief justice. And that is Freeman. Heiple ... overturned the adoption of Baby Richard, became chief justice in January, replacing Justice ...

Article: `Baby Richard' judge steps down from post
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  May 3, 1997 ;     273 words ... ... Threatened with impeachment for trying to use his position to avoid traffic tickets, the "Baby Richard" judge stepped down Friday as Illinois' chief justice but will remain on the Supreme Court. James Heiple, author of the 1994 decision that ...

Article: Justices Reject Challenge to Clinic-Access Law, Deny `Baby ...
The Washington Post;  June 20, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... at the officer." Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist ... adopted boy known as "Baby Richard." The Illinois Supreme ... last year invalidated Baby Richard's 1992 adoption ... Doe v. Kirchner and Baby Richard v. Kirchner ...

Article: Baby Richard's Fate Back In Hands of Illinois Court
Chicago Sun-Times;  November 17, 1994 ;     505 words ...The battle over where 3 1/2-year-old Baby Richard should spend the rest of his life returned today to the ... once. At least one member of the seven-judge court - Chief Justice James Heiple - has already indicated that the new law ...

Article: Baby Richard Heads Back to State Court
Chicago Sun-Times;  November 18, 1994 ;     559 words ...The battle over where Baby Richard is to grow up will return to the Illinois Supreme Court for ... because his biological father never consented. A month later, Chief Justice James Heiple criticized the new law, which allows parents whose ...

Article: Threatened With Impeachment, Illinois Chief Justice ...
The Washington Post;  May 3, 1997 ;     385 words ... ... Heiple stepped down today as Illinois' chief justice but will remain on the state's high ... author of the fiercely disputed 1994 "Baby Richard" decision that took a 4-year-old ... stems from lingering resentment over his Baby Richard ruling. Legislators have denied it ...

Article: 'Baby Richard' doing fine -- 7th-grader has ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  November 18, 2003 ;     625 words ... ... the world knew as "Baby Richard" eight years ago is ... release her book, Baby Richard -- A four-year ... James Heiple, former chief justice of the Supreme Court ... they know he's "Baby Richard." If he retains any ...