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Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who visited Chicago in 2010, reminds the umpires to be fair after delivering the first ball to the crew before a game between the Chicago Cubs and Colorado Rockies at Wrigley Field. Legal leaders spoke of her influence after her death Friday.

O’Connor impressed, inspired Chicago judges, legal leaders

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first female justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, is sworn in by Chief Justice Warren Burger in the court's conference room in Washington, Sept. 25, 1981. Justice O'Connor's husband John holds two family Bibles. The White House via AP

Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman on Supreme Court, dies at 93

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