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Richard Posner, prolific legal scholar and outspoken appeals court judge, dies at 87

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Source: The Daily Sentinel

Former federal appellate judge Richard Posner, a prodigious legal scholar who pioneered the use of economic theory to resolve legal questions, has died. He was 87. Posner’s opinions have been cited extensively in textbooks that have educated generations of lawyers.…

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