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Justice Cornelia Clark

Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Cornelia Clark died overnight after a short battle with cancer, Tennessee judiciary officials announced Friday. She was 71.

Clark was first appointed to the high court by Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen in 2005 and was re-elected in 2006 and 2014 retention elections, despite a coordinated effort to unseat her and other Democratic appointees in 2014. Clark served as chief justice from 2010 to 2012.

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