Draft:R. L. Tuckett
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Robert Le Roy Tuckett (May 1905 – February 7, 1988)[1] was a justice of the Utah Supreme Court from 1966 to 1976.[2]
[more in obit]
In June 1966, Governor Cal Rampton appointed Tuckett to a seat on the state supreme court vacated by the death of Justice Lester A. Wade.[3]
Tuckett resigned as of August 31, 1976, in advance of reaching the mandatory retirement age of 72 the following year.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Robert L. Tuckett, Ex-Utah Justice, Dies at 82", The Salt Lake Tribune (February 9, 1988), p. 31.
- ^ Stephen W. Julien, "The Utah State Supreme Court and Its Justices, 1896-1976", 44 Utah Hist. Q. 267, 280-82 (1976).
- ^ "Tuckett Files for Re-Election", The Daily Herald (June 21, 1972), p. 1.
- ^ Charles J. Seldin, "Utah High Court Justice R. L. Tuckett Resigns From Bench as of Aug. 31", The Salt Lake Tribune (July 20, 1976), p. 15.
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