Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter died Thursday, the court announced. He was 85.

Supreme Court Justice David Souter, who died last week at age 85, will probably not be remembered as the author of any truly momentous majority opinions, because he never really wrote any of those.

Souter, a low-key New Englander who eschewed the national spotlight, was known by some as the “stealth nominee” when President George H.W. Bush nominated him in 1990 to replace the liberal lion ...

In a world of grandstanding and gavels, David Souter was a whisper — a Granite State recluse who slipped onto the Supreme Court in 1990 like a shadow through a side door, only to leave an indelible ...

David Souter, the former U.S. Supreme Court justice who retired at the age of 69 and died this week at 85, was viewed by liberals as a man of conservative temperament, if not necessarily conservative ...

Justice David Souter, who spent nearly 20 years on the Supreme Court, has died. Souter was a critical figure in several key battles in the court over issues like abortion and the 2000 presidential ...

Supreme Court Justice David Souter, who died nearly two months ago, on May 8, has been widely remembered as an eccentric recluse who retired early from the U.S. Supreme Court to return to his ...

FILE - David Souter, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, is shown, Dec. 1993. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter, the ascetic ...

WASHINGTON -- Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter, the New Hampshire Republican who became a favorite of liberals during his nearly 20 years on the bench, has died. He was 85. Souter died ...

I knew that Justice David Souter—who died last week at 85—was different from the moment I first met him. Federal judges dream of ascending to the highest court in the land, senators picture themselves ...

No cause of death was given in the court's statement. Souter was appointed to the high court in 1990 by his fellow Republican, President George H.W. Bush, and retired in 2009. Souter, while serving on ...

Justice David Souter, who spent nearly 20 years on the Supreme Court, has died. Souter was a critical figure in several key battles in the court over issues like abortion and the 2000 presidential ...