Jon Richard Collins (May 7, 1923 – March 12, 1987)Jon R. Collins
, ''Reno Gazette-Journal'' (March 14, 1987), p. 16. was a justice of the

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from 1966 to 1971. Born in

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, Collins attended White Pine High School, receiving his undergraduate degree from the

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, and his law degree from the

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. On June 5, 1966, Governor

Grant Sawyer Frank Grant Sawyer (December 14, 1918 – February 19, 1996) was an American politician. He was the List of Governors of Nevada, 21st Governor of Nevada from 1959 to 1967. He was a member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party. ...

appointed Collins to a seat on the court vacated by

Milton Benjamin Badt Milton Benjamin Badt (1884 – April 2, 1966) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada from 1947 to 1966. His family was Orthodox Jewish and his father immigrated from Polish Prussia. Badt was born in San Francisco and studied in California b ...

. Collins was elected November 1966 to the four-year unexpired term.

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