David Souter passed away. Here's what we know, including the cause of the retired Supreme Court justice's death.

David Souter, the former US Supreme Court justice who dismayed Republicans by siding with liberals on some of America’s most contentious social issues after his appointment by President George H.W. Bush,

David Souter, a former Supreme Court justice appointed by George H.W. Bush, died 16 years after he retired from the bench in 2009. He was 85.