Marshall Houts (1919–1993) was an American academic, attorney, and author. Educated at

Brevard College Brevard College is a private college in Brevard, North Carolina. The college grants the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree. History Brevard College was named for Ephraim Brevard, a teacher and one of the local leaders that produce ...

and the University of Minnesota Law School, Houts authored 44 books and helped create the television series Quincy, M.E. He authored a book on the death of Sir Harry Oakes and a book (co-authored with Harold Stassen) on

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. He was in the FBI,

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, and

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. He served as a municipal-court judge, married, and had seven children.

Earl Stanley Gardner Erle Stanley Gardner (July 17, 1889 – March 11, 1970) was an American lawyer and author. He is best known for the Perry Mason series of detective stories, but he wrote numerous other novels and shorter pieces and also a series of nonfiction boo ...

dedicated his 63rd Perry Mason book, ''The Case of the Shapely Shadow'', to Houts for the "outstanding work he is doing in the field of legal medicine."

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California lawyers Minnesota lawyers University of Minnesota Law School alumni Brevard College alumni 1919 births 1993 deaths People from Chattanooga, Tennessee 20th-century American lawyers {{US-legal-academic-bio-stub