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DEATH  OF  MR.  O’CONNOR 

Supreme Court of the United States 

MONDAY,  NOVEMBER  16,  2009 

Present:  Chief  Justice  Roberts,  Justice  Scalia, 
Justice  Kennedy,  Justice  Thomas,  Justice  Ginsburg, 
Justice Alito, and Justice Sotomayor. 

The Chief Justice said: 

It is my sad duty to announce the death on November 11th 
of John Jay O’Connor III.  John Jay O’Connor was the hus­
band of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.  He was a member of 
the Bar of this Court. 

On  behalf  of  the  Court  and  Retired  Justice  Souter, 
I  extend  profound  sympathy  to  Justice  O’Connor  and  her 
family. 

It will be recorded on the Court’s minutes that the recess 
this  Court  takes  today  will  be  in  honor  of  John  Jay  O’Con­
nor III. 

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