Tribute: Justice I. Daniel Stewart

The curtain is now closed on Justice Stewart's remarkable performance on the Utah Supreme Court stage, opening the door for him to pursue other interests and influence the law in other ways. As is to be expected, his Court performance will be remembered differently by different people. Many will remember him as the "Thorough" (meaning "Slow") Justice; just as he went through ten drafts of discovery questions, he was famous at the Court for going through dozens of opinion drafts (fifty-one drafts is purportedly his maximum). One attorney approached me one day during my clerkship and said, "Tell the Judge we're waiting for his opinion.

We know he's writing it: only he could havetaken this long." Others will remember him, as we've seen, for his colorful dissents and pure, crisp writing. Counsel who appearedbefore him will remember him for his probing questions and ability to take the discussion one step further. The thirty-one law clerks who worked by his side will remember his demanding expectations, simultaneously exercised with kindness and patience when those expectations were not met.