Justice Whiting steps down from senior status 
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Published: July 29, 2002
After 54 years in law, Virginia Supreme Court Senior Justice Henry H. Whiting of Winchester has retired. He stepped down from senior status on July 17.
The court observed the occasion by convening in the city for the first time in its history. The justices arrived the day before, to fete Whiting at a reception organized ...
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