Cecilia 'Cissy' Marshall, the wife of the late Supreme Court Justice and civil rights icon Thurgood Marshall, died on Tuesday at age 94, the court's public information office announced
Cecilia “Cissy” Marshall, the wife of the late Supreme Court Justice and civil rights icon Thurgood Marshall, died on Tuesday at age 94, the court’s public information office announced. Like her husband, Marshall had worked for the NAACP in the 1940s and ’50s. She was born in Hawaii and moved to New York, where she became a stenographer, according to details of her early life provided by the court. No cause of death was given.
Justice Elena Kagan, who was a law clerk for Justice Marshall during the 1987-88 session, said in a statement on Tuesday, “Every clerk to Justice Marshall received a sort of bonus: the steadfast friendship and support of his wife Cissy. She was a marvelous woman, and we all loved and admired her. The community of TM clerks will today feel a great loss.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Justice Thurgood Marshall's wife 'Cissy' Marshall dies at 94Cecilia “Cissy” Marshall, the wife of the late Supreme Court Justice and civil rights champion Thurgood Marshall, has died at the age of 94, the court said Tuesday.
Read more »
State Supreme Court rules in sex assault victim’s right-to-privacy caseThe unanimous 42-page decision released Monday provides guidelines for determining whether a sexual assault victim’s address can be held from discovery.
Read more »
Supreme Court takes case against Arizona dog toy makerJack Daniels asked the justices to hear its case against the manufacturer of the plastic Bad Spaniels toy that looks a lot like a bottle of the company's whiskey.
Read more »
Lawmakers urge action after report of other US Supreme Court leakThe chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said his panel is reviewing 'serious allegations' in a report that a former anti-abortion leader knew in advance the outcome of a 2014 Supreme Court case involving health care coverage of contraception.
Read more »
Supreme Court turns away Fairfax schools’ appeal of sex assault suitThe suit was filed in 2018 by an anonymous plaintiff, known in court documents as Jane Doe, who said she was sexually assaulted by a male student during an Oakton High School band trip in 2017.
Read more »