Senior U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia found dead at West Texas ranch
SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS
Associate Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead of apparent natural causes Saturday on a luxury resort in West Texas, federal officials said.
Scalia, 79, was a guest at the Cibolo Creek Ranch, a resort in the Big Bend region south of Marfa.
According to a report, Scalia arrived at the ranch on Friday and attended a private party with about 40 people. When he did not appear for breakfast, a person associated with the ranch went to his room and found a body.
Justice Antonin Scalia, Who Led a Conservative Renaissance on the Supreme Court, Is Dead at 79
NYT
Justice Antonin Scalia, whose transformative legal theories, vivid writing and outsize personality made him a leader of a conservative intellectual renaissance in his three decades on the Supreme Court, was found dead on Saturday at a resort in West Texas, according to a statement from Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. He was 79.
“He
was an extraordinary individual and jurist, admired and treasured by
his colleagues,” Chief Justice Roberts said. “His passing is a great
loss to the Court and the country he so loyally served.”
The cause of death was not immediately released.
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