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Maine Supreme Judicial Court / Joined 1965 / Served to 1985

Armand A. Dufresne Jr.

Justice, Maine Supreme Judicial Court

Armand A. Dufresne Jr. was a Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, who joined the court in 1965. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1909–1994
Tenure: 1965–1985 · 19 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1965	Maine Supreme Judicial Court	–	–

Education

Boston College

Judicial Record

In our data, Dufresne authored 228 published opinions for the court (1965–1985), plus 19 dissents and 14 concurrences. Most cited: Myrick v. James (122 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. 256 of these were attributed to Dufresne by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1982	Myrick v. James· Dissent†	444 A.2d 987	122
1979	Wescott v. Allstate Insurance†	397 A.2d 156	120
1983	Baybutt Construction Corp. v. Commercial Union Insurance†	455 A.2d 914	118
1973	Danforth v. State Department of Health and Welfare· Concurrence†	303 A.2d 794	83
1972	Isaacson v. Husson College†	297 A.2d 98	78
1978	Michaud v. Steckino†	390 A.2d 524	74
1981	State v. Rand†	430 A.2d 808	68
1976	Northeast Investment Co. v. Leisure Living Communities, Inc.†	351 A.2d 845	65
1979	State v. Fredette· Concurrence†	411 A.2d 65	64
1966	Kittery Electric Light Co. v. Assessors of Kittery†	219 A.2d 728	64
1978	Zamore v. Whitten†	395 A.2d 435	62
1976	Dehahn v. Innes†	356 A.2d 711	62
1974	Finks v. Maine State Highway Commission†	328 A.2d 791	62
1974	Downer v. Veilleux†	322 A.2d 82	62
1970	State v. Pullen†	266 A.2d 222	60

Showing the 15 most-cited of 261 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 Maine Supreme Judicial Court reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.
Which court was Armand A. Dufresne Jr. on?: Armand A. Dufresne Jr. was a Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.

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