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

The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

Vermont Supreme Court / Joined 1964 / Served to 1975

F Ray Keyser Sr.

Justice, Vermont Supreme Court

F Ray Keyser Sr. was a Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, who joined the court in 1964. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1898–2001
Tenure: 1964–1975 · 11 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1964	Vermont Supreme Court	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Keyser authored 190 published opinions for the court (1964–1975). Most cited: State v. Morrill (82 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. 190 of these were attributed to Keyser 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
1969	State v. Morrill†	253 A.2d 142	82
1967	Krupp v. Krupp†	236 A.2d 653	79
1970	Rothberg v. Olenik†	262 A.2d 461	61
1974	Wells v. Village of Orleans, Inc.†	315 A.2d 463	50
1970	Forcier v. Grand Union Stores, Inc.†	264 A.2d 796	48
1964	City of Rutland v. Keiffer†	205 A.2d 400	48
1974	State v. Berard†	315 A.2d 501	47
1974	Hill v. Grandey†	321 A.2d 28	44
1972	Armstrong v. Hanover Insurance Company†	289 A.2d 669	44
1967	Garafano v. Neshobe Beach Club, Inc.†	238 A.2d 70	43
1973	McDonough v. WW Snow Construction Co., Inc.†	306 A.2d 119	42
1973	Bookstaver v. Town of Westminster†	300 A.2d 891	40
1966	In Re Monaghan†	222 A.2d 665	38
1972	Green Mountain Marble Co. v. State Highway Board†	296 A.2d 198	37
1967	State v. Cameron†	227 A.2d 276	37

Showing the 15 most-cited of 190 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 F Ray Keyser Sr. on?: F Ray Keyser Sr. was a Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court.

Sources

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11 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).