O’Connor, the first woman to sit on the nation’s highest court, was in Kansas City today to receive the 2013 Whittaker Award from the Lawyers Association of Kansas City.

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John J. O’Connor, the husband of retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, died at age 79 on Wednesday of complications arising from Alzheimer’s disease, the court said in a statement. John O’Connor, a lawyer who practiced at firms ...

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On first read, remarks from Sandra Day O’Connor last week look like gross understatement. Asked whether it concerns her when the U.S. Supreme Court rules differently than she would have, the retired justice said this: “What would you feel? I’d ...

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Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker and former Securities and Exchange Commission chief Arthur Levitt are among those being considered by congressional leaders to head a probe of the financial crisis, people familiar ...

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Former U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor will be in St. Louis next month to celebrate the opening of the 8th Circuit Judicial Learning Center. The center houses to permanent exhibits, changing displays and interactive demonstrations about the ...

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