College of William & Mary Law School William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository 1976–1985: William B Spong, Jr Law School Deans 1981 Harrison to announce retirement, sources say Jerry Lazarus Repository Citation Lazarus, Jerry, "Harrison to announce retirement, sources say" (1981) 1976–1985: William B Spong, Jr 13 https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/wspong/13 Copyright c 1981 by the authors This article is brought to you by the William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/wspong The weather Virginia's State Newspaper, Today: S~nny' High near 40 Low inlow20s Tomorrow: Partly cloudy High near (0 Local nata:' Page A-2 131sf Year, No 345 Richmond, ~Virginia 25 Cents Friday, December 11, 1981 _ H arrISOn t announce e _ , sa~ ret rrement SO_-.ur.ces e / ~rJmUS!:ti~r;:I;e-SAlPr:btertc!aI~S~s:f H~: 't:ron -'-" Jr will shortly announce his retirement from the Supreme CourtofVu-ginia,sourcestold ~:; Times+Dispatch yester- no~=~~~:e~~~:: =~ ~:~~ S1~~~hS:~:rV~~~ b~~~~e~c;::;;day, Harri- son said he was not resigning from the court but added that if he had plans to step down, he would notify the governor first before making any announcement Gov John N Dalton and Gov.-elect Cbarles ·S Robb, both in Wllliamsburg, said they bad heard something of Harrison's plan~ Robb said that Harrison was the one to make any such announcement, though The cplnouncement is expected to come next week and the "retirement to take effect next month to allow the Democrat-eontrolled General As· sembly to appoint ~ successor It bas been expected for some time Harrison will be 75 on Jan 11, the mandatory retirement age affecting him since he was named to the court before July 1, 1970 Justices appointed after that daie must retire at age 70 TIming important Tbe timing of the announcement was considered the only uncertain point Had Harrison chosen to retire before the next regular legislative session convened, Republican Gov John N Dalton would have been entitled to make an interi.rIl appomtment to the bench Speculation on his successor is already rife Possibly topping the list is William B Spong Jr.• 61, former U.S senator, current dean of the College of William and Mary law school and a former law partnerof·Lt Gov.-electRichard J Davis Spong also has been men:Continued on Page 6, Col ... plan~ Robb said that Harrison was the one to make any such announcement, though The cplnouncement is expected to come next week and the "retirement to take effect next month to allow the Democrat-eontrolled... ~rJmUS!:ti~r;:I;e-SAlPr:btertc!aI~S~s:f H~: 't:ron -'-" Jr will shortly announce his retirement from the Supreme CourtofVu-ginia,sourcestold ~:; Times+Dispatch yester- no~=~~~:e~~~:: =~ ~:~~ S1~~~hS:~:rV~~~... Democrat-eontrolled General As· sembly to appoint ~ successor It bas been expected for some time Harrison will be 75 on Jan 11, the mandatory retirement age affecting him since he was named to the court before