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U.S. Supreme Court

Oct. 6, 2010

Kagan Starts Life As a Justice

Newly appointed Justice Elena Kagan found out about the sometimes mundane reality of life on the U.S. Supreme Court as the justices opened the 2010 term with arguments in a complex bankruptcy case.

By Lawrence Hurley

Daily Journal Staff Writer

WASHINGTON - Newly appointed Justice Elena Kagan found out about the sometimes mundane reality of life on the U.S. Supreme Court as the justices opened the 2010 term with arguments in a complex bankruptcy.

Kagan, one of three women on the bench for the first time in history, was quick to get involved, asking several technical questions as the court debated whether a debtor should be...

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