Abraham Lucine[1] Zinn (December 24, 1893 – May 15, 1957)[2] was an American attorney and jurist who served as a justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court from January 1, 1933 to May 31, 1943.
[3] In September 1932, Zinn successfully sought the Democratic Party nomination for a seat on the state supreme court.
[5] Prior to the election, however, Justice Frank W. Parker died, and Zinn was appointed to the fill that unexpired term, "thereby becoming at the age of 38 the youngest man ever to serve on that bench".
[4] Caught in a scandal in 1935 due to the determination that some years earlier he had commingled state funds with his own, he nonetheless ran for reelection and won in 1936.
[4] He was reelected again in 1942, and refused to resign from the bench in 1943, when he enlisted in the United States Air Force,[4] serving in India and China in World War II.