Gordon R. Thompson (March 2, 1918 – February 4, 1995) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada from 1961 to 1980. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Born in Reno, Nevada to Reuben C. Thompson and Mabel M. Thompson, Gordon Thompson was the younger brother of Bruce R. Thompson, who served as a federal judge from 1963 to 1978, ^[4] and both men had a sister, Mary. With his wife, Kathleen, Thompson had two daughters, Mada and Marie. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

After graduating from Reno High School in 1936, Thompson attended the University of Nevada, Reno, the same university his brother attended. After earning a bachelor's degree in 1940, Thompson, like his brother, left Reno to attend California's Stanford Law School, where he earned his LL.B. in 1943. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

From 1957 to 1959, Thompson served as one of five members of the Advisory Committee to the Supreme Court of Nevada on Rules of Civil Procedure. ^[5]

In 1961, Governor Grant Sawyer appointed Thompson to the Nevada Supreme Court, making him, at 42 years old, the youngest appointee to any state supreme court in the nation at that point. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Re-elected three times, Thompson also served as chief justice several times. ^{[1] [2] [3]} Among Thompson's opponents for re-election was future Chief Justice Charles Springer, a former Sawyer ally who ran against Sawyer in the 1966 primary election and made an unsuccessful bid to unseat Thompson in 1974. ^[6]

During Thompson's tenure on the Court, it adopted the Nevada Rules on the Administrative Docket. ^[7]

Thompson retired from the Nevada Supreme Court in 1980, ^{[1] [2] [3]} citing conflicts among the court's justices. ^[8]

After leaving the court, Thompson taught law at the now-defunct Old College School of Law. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

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