Clay V. Spear (January 10, 1913 – May 15, 1974)[1] was an American attorney, and judge who served as a justice of the Idaho Supreme Court from 1965 to 1971.
Born in Anaconda, Montana,[1] Spear graduated from the University of Idaho in Moscow,[1] and received his J.D.
[2] Spear was appointed as a district judge in 1953,[1] and elevated to the state supreme court by Governor Robert Smylie in 1965, taking office on January 2, 1966.
[4] Spear retired from the court in December 1971 due to poor health,[5] relocated to Lewiston in 1972, and opened a part-time law practice.
[6] Spear "was found dead of a shotgun wound at his home", in an apparent suicide at age 61.