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was "essential to effectively treat the mentally ill, and that imposing a duty on doctors to disclose patient threats to potential victims would greatly impair treatment" while the majority held that mental health professionals have a duty to protect individuals who are being threatened with bodily
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News reached here this week of the marriage of Marshall McComb to Agnes Taylor Challinor of Edgewood, Pennsylvania. The wedding took place on August 22. The bride is a popular young lady and very attractive we are told. The groom a son of Harry McComb is well known in Mohave County having spent
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On August 22, 1921, McComb first married Agnes I. Taylor (Challinor), a widow. They had a daughter, Martha Estelle McComb (Mullin), who graduated from Stanford University in 1944. After McComb and his first wife divorced, on March 22, 1930, he remarried to Kendra K. Hamilton in
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McComb's distinguished judicial career had a rather sad end. On May 2, 1977, a panel of Court of Appeal justices, sitting as an acting Supreme Court, forced McComb into retirement by affirming a state Commission on Judicial Performance decision that McComb had senile
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as an Associate Justice, where he served from January 1956 to May 2, 1977. For much of his career there, McComb formed the core of its conservative wing and often dissented from the liberal majority's opinions. In 1967, McComb swore in
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crime, noting numerous Supreme precedents upholding the death penalty's constitutionality (including 11 in the prior three and a half years), and stating that the legislative and
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processes were the only appropriate avenues to determine whether the death penalty should be allowed. The majority's decision spared the lives of 105
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by a 2–1 margin, reinstating the death penalty as an option for all prosecutions that took place after the adoption of Proposition 17.
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several years of his boyhood here. After graduating from the Yale law school he started practice in Los Angeles and is now doing well.
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their assets are allowed to plead and prove marriage-like contracts for support and division of property.
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decision that he walked out of the courtroom. Nine months later, the people of California would pass
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as an associate justice in Division Two, where he served from March 13, 1937 to January 1956.
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and was no longer able to carry out his judicial duties. In 1981, McComb died in
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On February 18, 1932, both McComb and fellow future justice
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Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California
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List of justices of the Supreme Court of California
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Commission on Judicial Performance 862:National Archives and Records Administration 1569:Justices of the Supreme Court of California 746: 731:University of California Register, Volume 2 535:McComb did join the 1976 court majority in 471:, in which the majority ruled 6–1 that the 399: 1559:Superior court judges in the United States 1218:Mohave County Miner and Our Mineral Wealth 832:"Reagan Asks Associate To Administer Oath" 475:was unconstitutional, McComb was the lone 460:negligent infliction of emotional distress 291:who served as an associate justice of the 29: 1564:Judges of the California Courts of Appeal 657:"Receive Word Ensign McComb Safe in N.Y." 1214:"Marhsall McComb Weds Pennsylvania Girl" 965:"Dissenter Is Upset, Walks Out of Court" 403: 323:, he was commissioned an ensign in the 208: 1511: 1353: 1167:"Scholarships for Continuing Students" 993:. Associated Press. November 23, 1972. 985:"Voters favor death penalty-what now?" 232: 116:March 13, 1937 – January 1956 1328: 392:were commissioned as officers in the 354:University of California, Los Angeles 1378: 1194:. Southwestern University Law School 1053:"Editorial: McComb Should Step Down" 572: 375:Superior Court of Los Angeles County 816:. November 15, 1976. Archived from 633:Bench and Bar of Los Angeles County 59:January 1956 – May 2, 1977 13: 1356:"Dedication to Marshall F. McComb" 1322: 527:, as McComb and Clark argued that 295:from January 1956 to May 2, 1977. 14: 1600: 1404: 1354:Wright, Donald R. (Summer 1973). 479:, arguing that the death penalty 1494:, Second District, Division Two 592: 506:. McComb was so upset about the 1379:Kane, Robert F. (Summer 1973). 1329:Grace, Roger M. (Summer 1973). 1291: 1262: 1236: 1206: 1184: 1159: 1133: 1111: 1097: 1071: 1045: 1021: 997: 977: 953: 927: 903: 879: 850: 782:"Pfefferkorn Navy Day Chairman" 517:In 1976, McComb joined Justice 319:. On November 24, 1917, during 228: 204: 1250:. October 16, 1921. p. 29 824: 800: 774: 768:Judicial Council of California 722: 698: 674: 649: 624: 577:In 1936, McComb was awarded a 529:doctor-patient confidentiality 433:to the latter's first term as 1: 1589:20th-century American lawyers 1121:. Arlington National Cemetery 866:University of Texas at Austin 646:Entry for Marshall F. McComb. 617: 549:for long periods of time and 497:assassin of Robert F. Kennedy 1574:20th-century American judges 1534:People from Kingman, Arizona 7: 1584:United States Navy officers 1492:California Courts of Appeal 1435:Past & Present Justices 605: 567:Arlington National Cemetery 440:In 1968, McComb joined the 426:Supreme Court of California 394:United States Naval Reserve 293:Supreme Court of California 47:Supreme Court of California 10: 1605: 1544:Stanford University alumni 1437:. California State Courts. 961:United Press International 299:Education and early career 103:California Court of Appeal 16:American judge (1894–1981) 1499: 1485: 1479: 1469: 1456: 1448: 1443: 707:Yale University Catalogue 521:'s dissenting opinion in 278: 248: 186: 169: 142: 137: 133: 120: 109: 101:Associate Justice of the 100: 88: 76: 63: 52: 45:Associate Justice of the 44: 40: 28: 21: 1554:Loyola Law School alumni 1539:Lawyers from Los Angeles 1463:California Supreme Court 1270:"B.A. Candidates Listed" 1147:. UPI. September 7, 1981 424:appointed McComb to the 400:California Supreme Court 1303:San Francisco Chronicle 1171:Southwestern Law School 1079:"McComb Hearing Friday" 587:Southwestern Law School 381:elevated McComb to the 285:Marshall Francis McComb 180:Los Angeles, California 147:Marshall Francis McComb 1579:California Republicans 1549:Yale Law School alumni 1036:18 Cal. 3d 660 894:68 Cal. 2d 728 468:California v. Anderson 435:Governor of California 417: 414:Governor of California 1299:"McComb, Margaret G." 1012:9 Cal. 3d 425 963:(February 18, 1972). 918:6 Cal. 3d 628 820:on February 20, 2011. 519:William P. Clark, Jr. 407: 1431:. Courtlistener.com. 761:"Marshall F. McComb" 1529:Lawyers from Denver 543:common-law marriage 532:harm by a patient. 491:inmates, including 408:McComb swearing in 369:appointed McComb a 356:from 1920 to 1927. 317:Stanford University 255:Stanford University 1452:Douglas L. Edmonds 1411:Marshall F. McComb 1306:. November 8, 2003 912:People v. Anderson 660:Los Angeles Herald 442:dissenting opinion 420:In 1955, Governor 418: 325:United States Navy 241:Margaret G. McComb 221:Kendra K. Hamilton 83:Douglas L. Edmonds 23:Marshall F. McComb 1507: 1506: 1500:Succeeded by 1488:Associate Justice 1470:Succeeded by 1459:Associate Justice 1248:Los Angeles Times 583:Loyola Law School 573:Honors and awards 565:and is buried in 465:In the 1972 case 350:Political Science 282: 281: 274: 263: 173:September 5, 1981 105:, Second District 1596: 1502:Allen W. Ashburn 1480:Preceded by 1449:Preceded by 1441: 1440: 1400: 1398: 1396: 1375: 1373: 1371: 1350: 1348: 1346: 1316: 1315: 1313: 1311: 1295: 1289: 1288: 1283: 1281: 1266: 1260: 1259: 1257: 1255: 1240: 1234: 1233: 1227: 1225: 1210: 1204: 1203: 1201: 1199: 1188: 1182: 1181: 1179: 1177: 1163: 1157: 1156: 1154: 1152: 1137: 1131: 1130: 1128: 1126: 1115: 1109: 1101: 1095: 1094: 1092: 1090: 1075: 1069: 1068: 1066: 1064: 1049: 1043: 1033: 1030:Marvin v. 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Supreme Court of California
Goodwin Knight
Douglas L. Edmonds
Frank C. Newman
California Court of Appeal
Frank Merriam
Denver, Colorado
U.S.
Los Angeles, California
Alma mater
Stanford University
B.A.
Yale Law School
LL.B.
jurist
Supreme Court of California
Denver, Colorado
Kingman, Arizona
Bachelor of Arts
Stanford University
World War I
United States Navy
Bachelor of Laws
Yale Law School
cum laude
California Bar
Professor
Political Science
University of California, Los Angeles

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