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Retired Justice Lynn D. Compton, who goes by the nickname "Buck," was a police officer in Los Angeles after getting out of the Army in 1946. He wanted to play professional baseball, but his wife wouldn't let him. He then decided to become a police officer and was assigned to the vice squad. He later taught classes at the police academy and worked in the Detective Bureau. After his wife left him, he decided to become a lawyer and was accepted to Loyola Law School after taking a special aptitude test designed by the dean.