John Paul Stevens | 1920-2019

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, the independent-minded jurist whose bright bow ties and courteous manner symbolized an old-fashioned style of integrity, died Tuesday after suffering a stroke a day earlier. He was 99.

WASHINGTON - MARCH 03: ( L to R), Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Justice John Paul Stevens, Chief Justice John G. Roberts chat during a photo seesion with photographers at the U.S. Supreme Court March 3, 2006 in Washington DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Justices Anthony M. Kennedy and Stevens, from left, with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. during a photo session in 2006. Stevens retired in 2010. (Mark Wilson / Getty Images)

July 16, 2019 8:08 PM PT

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Stevens attends a memorial for late Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist in June 2006.
(J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press)

Retired Justice Stevens testifies before a Senate committee.
(Allison Shelley / AFP/Getty Images)

Justices Antonin Scalia, left, Anthony M. Kennedy and Stevens arrive for President George W. Bush’s swearing-in in January 2001. (Tim Sloan / AFP/Getty Images)

Stevens testifies before a Senate committee. (Allison Shelley / AFP/Getty Images)

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John Paul Stevens | 1920-2019

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, the independent-minded jurist whose bright bow ties and courteous manner symbolized an old-fashioned style of integrity, died Tuesday after suffering a stroke a day earlier. He was 99.

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