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 1949 / Served to 1953

Evo Anton DeConcini

Justice, Supreme Court of Arizona

Evo Anton DeConcini was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona, who joined the court in 1949. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1901 · age 125
Tenure: 1949–1953 · 4 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1949	Supreme Court of Arizona	–	–

Education

University of Arizona

Judicial Record

In our data, DeConcini authored 4 published opinions for the court (1949–1951). Most cited: Maricopa County v. Douglas (21 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. 1 of these was attributed to DeConcini 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
1949	Maricopa County v. Douglas	208 P.2d 646	21
1950	State v. Double Seven Corporation	219 P.2d 776	13
1951	Olds Bros. Lumber v. Marley†	72 Ariz. 392	5
1950	Cheshire v. Thurston	219 P.2d 1043	1

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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 Evo Anton DeConcini on?: Evo Anton DeConcini was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona.

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4 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).