Former Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Donald Corbin dies

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     (AP) – Donald Corbin, a former Arkansas legislator and state
Supreme Court justice who wrote rulings striking down a ban on gay foster
parents and a law requiring voters to show photo identification before casting a
ballot, has died. He was 78.
     Pulaski County Coroner Gerone Hobbs says Corbin died Monday night after
battling lung cancer. Corbin was first elected to the state Supreme Court in
1990 and served three eight-year terms before retiring at the end of 2014. He
had previously served in Arkansas' House of Representatives and on the state
appeals court.
     Corbin wrote the court's opinion in 2006 striking down a state regulation
banning gays and lesbians from becoming foster parents. He also wrote the
court's 2014 opinion finding Arkansas' voter ID law unconstitutional.

   

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