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RETIREMENT OF JUSTICE MARSHALL Supreme Court of the United States MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1991

Present: Chief Justice Rehnquist, Justice White, Justice Blackmun, Justice Stevens, Justice O’Connor, Justice Scalia, Justice Kennedy, and Justice Souter.

The Chief Justice said: Before calling the first case for argument this morning, it is appropriate for us to note that today, for the first time in twenty-four years, a Term of the Court commences without our colleague Justice Thurgood Marshall sitting beside us on the bench. Following his retirement this summer his colleagues on the Court joined in sending him a letter which reads as follows: Supreme Court of the United States, Chambers of The Chief Justice, Washington, D. C., September 12, 1991. Dear Thurgood: Your decision to retire from the Court brings a sense of sorrow to all of us. For twenty-four years you have been a colleague, and for twenty-four years you have had an important voice in the shaping of the decisional law of this Court. We will miss your counsel in our future deliberations, and will likewise miss the innumerable “tall tales” with which you delighted us. vii