Oct 5th, 2009 - ABC News
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Chief Justice John Roberts banged his gavel this morning and said he was honored to usher in a new Supreme Court term, a term that has had an unusual start.
In a rare circumstance, the justices met last month for a pre-term argument regarding a potentially explosive campaign finance case.
The court sent out word Sunday that the term's official first case, the State of South Carolina v. the State of North Carolina (about water rigths), had been postponed because of an emergency in the family of one of the lawyers.
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