Jon R. Collins
American judge
About Jon R. Collins
Lived 1923 – 1987 (aged 63–64).
Jon Richard Collins (May 7, 1923 – March 12, 1987) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada from 1966 to 1971.
Born in Ely, Nevada, Collins attended White Pine High School, receiving his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and his Juris Doctor degree from the Georgetown University Law Center.
On June 5, 1966, Governor Grant Sawyer appointed Collins to a seat on the court vacated by Milton Benjamin Badt. Collins was elected November 1966 to the four-year unexpired term.
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American judge
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Jon R. Collins was born in 1923.
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Jon R. Collins died in 1987.
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