Lyons Out, Main In, Bentley to Appoint Main Successor

Following up on our story from yesterday… Champ Lyons has stepped down from the Supreme Court to allow outgoing Governor Bob Riley to appoint Jim Main as Lyons’ successor on the Court. Main will serve the remaining two years of the term. Lyons would be prohibited from running for re-election because of his age.

While Leura Canary was rumored to be Riley’s choice to succeed Main on the Court of Criminal Appeals, we hear in the Parlor that Riley will not appoint anyone to succeed Main there. Main would have begun serving a new term Monday on the Court of Criminal Appeals, and any appointment made before then – while Riley was still Governor – would be for a term that ends on Monday.

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