Including Justice Marshall, the average age on the court was 66.
Justice Marshall wrote for the majority in a 5-3-1 court holding.
Justice Marshall's voice, he said, "stays at the conference table in a powerful way."
Justice Marshall has experienced several significant medical problems over the years.
Justice Marshall asked, referring to the elementary schools that had again become nearly all black under the neighborhood school plan.
Justice Marshall took care to caution that a party should not be allowed to ask any and every possible question.
Justice Marshall's words were not the last on the subject.
Justice Marshall drew his line, yet we confirmed him by a vote of 69 to 11.
Justice Marshall struck a different balance between the interests of society and the individual.
Justice Marshall was a strong voice for a woman's right to choose whether to carry a pregnancy to term.