Richard Posner, viewed as one of the most influential judges outside the US Supreme Court, dies at 87
Judge Richard Posner, considered by some to be one of the nation's most important judges and legal scholars, died Tuesday at 87, the University of Chicago Law School, where he had long been a professor and senior lecturer, confirmed.
By By Patrick Phillips·12 hr ago
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Judge Richard Posner, considered by some to be one of the nation's most important judges and legal scholars, died Tuesday at 87, the University of Chicago Law School, where he had long been a professor and senior lecturer, confirmed.
Big picture view: Born on Jan. 11, 1939, in New York City, he enrolled at Yale College at 16.
He graduated summa cum laude in 1959, then graduated first in his class from Harvard Law School in 1962, magna cum laude, and served as president of the Harvard Law Review.
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