Draft:Eugene E. Pratt
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Eugene E. Pratt (c. 1892 – August 28, 1970)[1] was a justice of the Utah Supreme Court from 1939 to 1951, and was chief justice from 1949 to 1951.[2]
Pratt received his undergraduate degree from the University of Utah, and his law degree from Stanford University.[1]
On January 3, 1939, Governor Henry H. Blood appointed Pratt to a seat on the state supreme court vacated by the resignation of Justice Ephraim Hanson, due to poor health.[3]
Pratt died of natural causes in Miami, Florida, at the age of 78.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Former Utah Justice Dies", The Ogden Standard-Examiner (August 30, 1970), p. 11.
- ^ Stephen W. Julien, "The Utah State Supreme Court and Its Justices, 1896-1976", 44 Utah Hist. Q. 267, 280-82 (1976).
- ^ "Pratt Named to Supreme Court", The Provo Daily Herald (January 3, 1939), p. 1.
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Category:University of Utah alumni
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Category:Justices of the Utah Supreme Court
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