Marshall F. McComb

Marshall Francis McComb (May 6, 1894 – September 5, 1981) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California from January 1956 to May 2, 1977. Education and early career Born in Denver, Colorado, to Harry McComb and Estelle Tredenick, McComb's family moved to Kingman, Arizona. Then, McComb's family moved to California, and he graduated high school in Los Angeles. In 1917, he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University. On November 24, 1917, during World War I, he was commissioned an ensign in the United States Navy. After his discharge, he resumed his studies and received a Bachelor of Laws degree from Yale Law School cum laude in 1919. In February 1920, he was admitted to the California Bar, then was a Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles from 1920 to 1927. In 1927, California Governor C. C. Young appointed McComb a Judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, where he served until March 1937. Then, Governor Frank Merriam elevated McComb to the California Court of Appeal for the Second District as an associate justice in Division Two, where he served from March 13, 1937 to January 1956. On February 18, 1932, both McComb and fellow future justice B. Rey Schauer were commissioned as officers in the United States Naval Reserve.