
Date: Immediately at Courts & Statewide on the day of Interment (TBA)
Flags affected: USA & Missouri State Flags
Reach: See Below
Gov. Nixon orders flags at Missouri Courts to be lowered to half staff to honor Judge Richard Teitelman
November 29, 2016
Jefferson City, MO
Gov. Jay Nixon today ordered that the flags at all Missouri Courts be lowered immediately to half staff to honor the life and service of Missouri Supreme Court Judge Richard B. Teitelman. The flags will remain at half staff through the day of the funeral for Judge Teitelman, which has not yet been set. On the day of the funeral, flags at all state facilities also will be flown at half staff.
Earlier today, the Governor issued the following statement regarding the death of Judge Teitelman:
“Missourians have lost a judicial leader who dedicated his life over more than four decades in service to the people of this state and to our legal system, both as a Judge of the Missouri Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals and during a long career with Legal Services of Eastern Missouri. Judge Teitelman will be remembered not only for his breaking new ground as the first legally blind judge to sit on Missouri’s highest court, but also for his legal skills and his passion for justice. He truly listened to, and never forgot, those who needed justice the most. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends and colleagues.”
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