The Court is perhaps one of the last citadels of jealously preserved individualism. For the most part, we function as nine, small independent law firms. (Lewis F. Powell, Jr.)

The Court is perhaps one of the last citadels of jealously preserved individualism. For the most part, we function as nine, small independent law firms.

Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

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