Ronald D. Castille

Who is Ronald D. Castille?

Ronald D. Castille is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Under the court's mandatory retirement rules, he must step down from the court on December 31, 2014, the final day of the calendar year in which he reached the age of 70. He was the District Attorney of the City of Philadelphia from 1986 until 1991 and is a member of the Republican Party. He is also an amputee, having lost his right leg to enemy gunfire while serving as a Marine platoon commander during the Vietnam War.

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. He also wrote the unanimous opinion upholding the LRC's revised redistricting maps in 2013.