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Today in Supreme Court History: January 12, 1932
1/12/1932: Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes resigns from the Supreme Court.

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He knew it was time, having deteriorated in the summer of 1931, and when approached by Hughes, resigned gracefully. He asked Hughes to get the relevant statute off the bookshelf, then wrote his two sentence resignation letter right then and there.