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U.S. Supreme Court,
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Oct. 25, 2019

The Bow Tie Justice

A look at the late justice’s biography, “The Making of a Justice: Reflections on My First 94 Years.”

Richard Wirick

Partner
Risk Management and Insurance Litigation (RMIL) Practice Group at Haight, Brown & Bonesteel LLP (Haight).

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The Bow Tie Justice
New York Times News Service

John Paul Stevens does not have the panache of a glamorous Supreme Court justice. He lacks the towering height and baritone with which Thurgood Marshall moved mountains. If you are looking for sarcasm, the witty bon mots and jousting with counsel that Antonin Scalia made his métier, J.P. will not provide. He doesn't have the look of the white boys' club of the chief justice, Neil Gorsuch, and the near-adolescent newby Brett Kav...

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