And when the Court was strongly divided, as it was many times during his 23 years on the bench, it was his swing vote that created legal precedents that will last for centuries.
Eta Gortean adostasunik ez zenean, askotan ez baitzen izaten postu horretan eman zuen 23 urtean,... ..bere boto erabakigarriak sortu zituen legezko aurrekariak betiko.