F. Henri Henriod (1905 – September 9, 1986)Former chief justice Henriod dies
, ''The Saint George, Utah Daily Spectrum'' (September 11, 1986), p. 2. was a justice of the

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from 1951 to 1976, and was chief justice from 1963 to 1967, and from 1975 to 1976.

Biography

Born in

American Fork, Utah American Fork is a city in north-central Utah County, Utah, United States, at the foot of Mount Timpanogos in the Wasatch Range, north from Utah Lake. The city is southeast of Salt Lake City and is part of the Provo–Orem metropolitan area, Pr ...

, Henroid received his undergraduate degree from the University of Utah and a J.D. from

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. He served as president of the Young Republican league of Utah, and as Republican chairman of Salt Lake County.Lee Appoints New Supreme Court Justice
, ''The Ogden Standard-Examiner'' (June 21, 1951), p. 4. In World War II, Henriod "was an intelligence officer and attorney for the Army while serving in Europe". On June 20, 1951, Henriod was appointed by Governor J. Bracken Lee to a seat on the state supreme court vacated by the resignation of George W. Latimer, who had left to join the United States military court of appeals. He had a decision reversed by the U.S. Supreme court. He was forced to retire by law enacted while he was in office."Utah's Conservative Court Is Center of Dispute Over Rulings
, ''The New York Times'' (November 30, 1957). Henriod died in Salt Lake City at the age of 81.

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