'A towering figure in the law'

A former Idaho Supreme Court chief justice who was awarded two Purple Hearts has died

Eismann spent 31 years as part of Idaho’s judiciary, retiring in 2017. He served as the Idaho Supreme Court’s chief justice from 2007 to 2011. He might best be remembered for helping develop the state’s system of treatment courts, his work with juvenile offenders and other children in the court system, and his championing of more women becoming judges.