How do judges of the Vermont Supreme Court reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

Vermont Supreme Court / Joined 1938 / Served to 1948

Allen R. Sturtevant

Justice, Vermont Supreme Court

Allen R. Sturtevant was a Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, who joined the court in 1938. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1879 · age 147
Tenure: 1938–1948 · 10 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1938	Vermont Supreme Court	–	–

Education

University of Vermont

Judicial Record

In our data, Sturtevant authored 111 published opinions for the court (1931–1948). Most cited: Wool v. Larner (40 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1942	Wool v. Larner	26 A.2d 89	40
1938	Nelson Et Ux. v. State Highway Board	1 A.2d 689	38
1941	Kerr & Elliott v. Green Mountain Mutual Fire Insurance	18 A.2d 164	29
1938	State Highway Board v. Gates	1 A.2d 825	29
1939	Kennedy, Admr. v. Rutter, Admr.	6 A.2d 17	26
1943	Moultroup v. Gorham	34 A.2d 96	22
1948	Grenier v. Alta Crest Farms, Inc.	58 A.2d 884	21
1943	Ackerman v. Carpenter	29 A.2d 922	20
1939	Collins v. Fogg	8 A.2d 684	20
1947	Joly v. Coca-Cola Bottling Co.	55 A.2d 181	18
1945	State v. Hedding	42 A.2d 438	16
1944	Menut & Parks Co. v. Village of St. Johnsbury	39 A.2d 342	15
1943	Page v. Town of Newbury	34 A.2d 218	15
1943	Mancini v. Thomas	34 A.2d 105	15
1939	In Re Estate of Jones	8 A.2d 631	15

Showing the 15 most-cited of 111 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the Vermont Supreme Court reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.
Which court was Allen R. Sturtevant on?: Allen R. Sturtevant was a Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court.

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10 years on the Vermont Supreme Court. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).