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Education

After graduating from high school at an United States Air Force base in Fukuoka, Japan, Castille attended Auburn University on a Navy ROTC scholarship. Castille received a B.S. degree in economics from Auburn University in 1966. In 1971, he earned his J.D. degree from the University of Virginia School of Law.

Military service

Upon his graduation from Auburn in 1966, Castille was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps and served as a rifle platoon commander in the Republic of Vietnam.

Career

After graduating from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1971, Castille began his legal career in the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office. He served twenty years in the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, first as a deputy district attorney under then-D.A. Ed Rendell, and later as the district attorney.

Elections

Castille was retained to the Supreme Court with 68.5 percent of the vote on November 5, 2013. (99% of districts reporting) (99% of districts reporting)

Noteworthy events

In November 2010, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported an extensive record of Castille taking gifts from friends, litigants and lobbyists. He took expenses-paid trips to the exclusive Pennsylvania Society weekend held each December at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, golf outings and a judicial conference in Puerto Rico.

Political ideology

In October 2012, political science professors Adam Bonica and Michael Woodruff of Stanford University attempted to determine the partisan ideology of state supreme court justices. They created a scoring system in which a score above 0 indicated a more conservative-leaning ideology, while scores below 0 were more liberal.

Who is Ronald Castille?

Ronald D. Castille (born March 16, 1944) served on the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania from 1994 to 2014 and was Chief Justice from 2008 to 2014. He stepped down from the court in 2014, after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70. He was the District Attorney of the City of Philadelphia from 1986 until 1991 and is a member ...

Was Castille duped?

Castille later claimed to have been duped by Rotwitt. In 2012, Castille, a Republican, cast the deciding vote against the Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission's redistricting map, siding with his Democratic colleagues. In his opinion, Castille wrote that the map split too many municipalities.

What did Castille do in Vietnam?

Following graduation was commissioned an officer in the United States Marine Corps in Vietnam, where he served as a platoon commander in 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines. On March 16, 1967, Castille was conducting a search and destroy mission with his company in Duc Pho, Quang Ngai Province, when they came under attack from a Viet Cong battalion. During the fighting Castille was seriously wounded and fell, unable to move. One of his Marines, Angel Mendez, shielded him and then carried him to friendly lines, which were more than seventy-five meters away. During this action Mendez was hit in the shoulder, and two of his comrades rushed to help him with Castille, but Mendez refused to let go of Castille and chose to act as rear man. Mendez continued to shield his lieutenant with his own body until he was mortally wounded. For his actions Mendez was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross and promoted to sergeant.

Education

Military Service

Career

• After graduating from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1971, Castille began his legal career in the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office. He served twenty years in the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, first as a deputy district attorney under then-D.A. Ed Rendell, and later as the district attorney. He was twice elected by the...

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