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Justice Harmon Scoville was a judge who was referred to as a "judge's judge" in the legal community. He was born in Ogden, Utah in 1922 and grew up in Los Angeles, California. He worked in his father's broom factory from the age of 11 and was very active in the Boy Scouts, earning his Eagle rank. He graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1940 and attended UCLA, majoring in military science, political science, and public speaking. He enlisted in the military in 1943 and was commissioned as a lieutenant. He was stationed at Camp Meade, Maryland and then sent to Germany. He did not see any combat.