Jon Richard Collins (May 7, 1923 – March 12, 1987)Jon R. Collins
, ''Reno Gazette-Journal'' (March 14, 1987), p. 16. was a justice of the

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from 1966 to 1971. Born in

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, Collins attended White Pine High School, receiving his undergraduate degree from the

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, and his

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degree from the

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. On June 5, 1966, Governor

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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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