Indiana Supreme Court Justice Biographies: Justice Dixon Wright Prentice

Indiana Supreme Court
Justice Biographies

Justice Dixon Wright Prentice
(Ninety-seventh Justice)

Justice Prentice was born June 3, 1919, in Sellersburg, Indiana.

He received an LL.B. from Indiana University in 1942 and was subsequently
admitted to the bar. From 1942 to 1946, he served in the Navy.⁴⁴⁹ He practiced law in Sellersburg from 1946 until 1970. He served on the Indiana Supreme Court from 1971 to 1985. He also served as a commissioner of the National Conference on Uniform State Laws.⁴⁵⁰

449. WHO’S WHO 2253-54 (Marquis, 44th ed. 1986).
450. Three Judges Subject to Bar Poll, 20 RES GESTAE 344, 344-45 (1976).

Source: Browning, Minde C., Richard Humphrey, and Bruce Kleinschmidt. "Biographical Sketches of Indiana Supreme Court Justices." Indiana Law Review: Vol. 30, No. 1, 1997. View this source in PDF format.

Last modified on Thursday, June, 28, 2007

Indiana Courts www.IN.gov/judiciary