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The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

Rhode Island Supreme Court / Joined 1866 / Former Justice

Charles Bradley

Justice, Rhode Island Supreme Court

Charles Bradley was a Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, who joined the court in 1866. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1819–1888
Tenure: 1866 · 160 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1866	Rhode Island Supreme Court	–	–

Education

Brown University
Harvard University

Judicial Record

In our data, Bradley authored 14 published opinions for the court (1866–1867). Most cited: Taft, Trustee v. Hartford, Providence and Fishkill R.R. (3 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. 3 of these were attributed to Bradley 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
1866	Taft, Trustee v. Hartford, Providence and Fishkill R.R.	8 R.I. 310	3
1867	In the Matter of Gideon Reynolds†	8 R.I. 485	2
1866	Kent, Collector v. Atlantic Delaine Co.	8 R.I. 305	1
1867	Hoppin Et Ux. v. Jenckes†	8 R.I. 453	0
1867	Lippitt v. Huston	8 R.I. 415	0
1867	Remington v. Howard Express Company†	8 R.I. 406	0
1866	Slater Mutual Fire Insurance v. William Barstow & Co.	8 R.I. 343	0
1866	Wardwell v. Bassett and Wife	8 R.I. 302	0
1866	Court of Probate of Glocester v. Eddy	8 R.I. 339	0
1866	Peck Salsbury v. Prov. St. Eng. Co. v. Mech. Sav. Bk.	8 R.I. 353	0
1866	Arnold, Collector v. Davis	8 R.I. 341	0
1866	Jenckes v. Cooke	8 R.I. 336	0
1866	Taylor v. Peckham, Treasurer, C.	8 R.I. 349	0
1866	McCann v. Rathbone	8 R.I. 297	0

Showing the 14 most-cited of 14 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 Rhode Island Supreme Court reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.
Which court was Charles Bradley on?: Charles Bradley was a Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court.

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