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Author

Title Leaving the bench : Supreme Court justices at the end / David N. Atkinson.

Imprint

Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c1999.

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
FSCC Non-Fiction	347.73 Atk 1999	---	Available

Description	xiii, 248 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-238) and index.
Contents	Why do they leave or stay? -- The Antebellum court, 1789-1864 -- Civil War to century's end, 1865-1899 -- The court in prosperity and depression, 1900-1936 -- From Roosevelt to Warren, 1937-1968 -- The contemporary period, 1969-1998 -- When should justices leave?
Subject	United States. Supreme Court -- Biography.
	Judges -- Biography.
	Judges -- Retirement.
ISBN	0700609466 (alk. paper)