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Article: POWELL ANNOUNCES DECISION TO EXIT SUPREME COURT POST / SURPRISES WHITE HOUSE
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- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- June 27, 1987
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, a moderate
who has been the pivotal vote in many of the court's close
decisions, Friday announced he is retiring from the nation's highest
court.
The announcement was such a surprise that the White House
learned of his intentions only Friday morning.
Powell, who has suffered from prostate cancer, made the
announcement in a printed statement shortly after he left the bench
for the last time.
``I have advised the chief justice and associate justices that I
have elected to retire as an associate justice. The president will
be advised today,'' the statement said.
At a later news conference, he told reporters, ``Today is one of ...