Influential Federal Judge And Legal Scholar Richard Posner Dies At 87
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Iconoclastic federal judge and prolific legal scholar Richard Posner has died at 87.
Renowned federal judge Richard Posner has passed away at the age of 87. He spent nearly 36 years serving on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago. Recognized as a leading legal thinker, he retired from the bench in 2017.
- Career lengthHe served on the federal appeals bench for 36 years before his retirement.
- Academic standingHe was widely acknowledged as one of the most frequently cited legal scholars of the past century.
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Richard Posner shaped American jurisprudence profoundly through his economic analysis of law and his prolific writings. His passing marks the loss of one of the most prominent intellectual forces in the modern American judiciary.
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Richard Posner, a prominent federal judge who served on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals for 36 years and ranked among the most cited legal scholars, has died at age 87.
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- The Jerusalem PostJewish former US judge Richard Posner, most-cited legal scholar of last century, dies at 875h ago · open ↗
- The Washington PostRichard Posner, influential and iconoclastic federal judge, dies at 8721h ago · open ↗
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