Charles Benham Larrabee (May 19, 1926 – March 29, 2008)N.M. Justice Served for 5 Months
, ''Albuquerque Journal'' (April 4, 2008), p. E3.Jeremy Hunt,
Trial Lawyer Loved Courtroom
, ''Albuquerque Journal'' (April 9, 2008), p. D8. was an American lawyer and a justice of the

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from July 11, 1989 until his resignation on November 7, 1989. Born in

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to a father in the fledgling commercial airline industry, Larrabee grew up in various places and finished his education at

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. He served in the

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in the Pacific Theater of

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, aboard the . He thereafter studied at the

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and received his law degree from the

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in 1952. He was appointed to the state supreme court by Governor

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in June 1989, but resigned after less than four months on the court, citing "the conflict between the job and political pressure to begin campaigning".John Yeager, "Carruthers Puts Republican on High Court", ''Albuquerque Journal'' (November 9, 1989), p. 3E. Larrabee and his wife had two sons and three daughters. He died at his home in Albuquerque at the age of 81.

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