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Article: Tennessean Considered for Supreme Court; Former Counsel to Senate Judiciary Committee Also on Short List
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- May 28, 1993
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A federal appeals court judge from Tennessee is among those under
serious consideration for the Supreme Court vacancy, sources familiar
with the selection process said yesterday.
The sources said that Gilbert S. Merritt, chief judge of the 6th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Nashville, was among those on a
short list to take the place of Justice Byron R. White, who announced
more than two months ago that he would retire at the end of this
term.
The sources cautioned that others also remain under serious
consideration. One is federal appeals court judge Stephen Breyer of
Boston, a former chief counsel of the Senate Judiciary Committee
under Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) who is said to be ...