Richard Posner, influential and iconoclastic federal judge, dies at 87

Richard Posner, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in Chicago, died at age 87. He served on the court for nearly 36 years. Posner was ranked by many legal scholars as second in influence only to Supreme Court justices.

• Washington Post — Richard Posner, influential and iconoclastic federal judge, dies at 87

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