Lerke Osterloh (born 29 September 1944 in Wüsting-Holle near

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) is a German judge,

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and

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expert. She was sitting Justice of the

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in the court's second senate from October 1998 until her retirement in November 2010. Her successor is

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. Along with Gertrude Lübbe-Wolff and Michael Gerhardt, she was considered a member of the senate's left-liberal wing.

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Bundesverfassungsgericht -- Justice Osterloh's website
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