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

The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.

Supreme Court of Arizona / Joined 1945 / Served to 1957

Arthur Thornton LaPrade

Justice, Supreme Court of Arizona

Arthur Thornton LaPrade was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona, who joined the court in 1945. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1895 · age 131
Tenure: 1945–1957 · 12 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1945	Supreme Court of Arizona	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, LaPrade authored 53 published opinions for the court (1945–1949), plus 6 dissents and 1 concurrence. Most cited: Murphy v. State (61 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
1947	Murphy v. State	181 P.2d 336	61
1946	Shreeve v. Greer	173 P.2d 641	52
1946	Alabam Freight Lines v. Phoenix Bakery, Inc.	166 P.2d 816	45
1949	State v. Voeckell	210 P.2d 972	41
1948	State v. Phelps	193 P.2d 921	40
1947	State v. King	182 P.2d 915	38
1947	Cope v. Southern Pac. Co.	185 P.2d 772	33
1947	Allied American Inv. Co. v. Pettit	179 P.2d 437	33
1945	Western Coal & Mining Co. v. Hilvert	160 P.2d 331	31
1948	Valley Transp. System v. Reinartz	197 P.2d 269	30
1948	Shaw v. Greer	194 P.2d 430	30
1945	Stewart v. Schnepf	158 P.2d 529	30
1948	Mayor Common Council of City of Prescott v. Randall	196 P.2d 477	24
1946	Beach v. Superior Court of Apache County	173 P.2d 79	23
1946	Industrial Commission v. Navajo County	167 P.2d 113	21

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Questions & answers

How do judges of the Supreme Court of Arizona reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court was Arthur Thornton LaPrade on?: Arthur Thornton LaPrade was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona.

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