How do judges of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

Maine Supreme Judicial Court / Joined 1953 / Served to 1955

Frank A. Tirrell Jr.

Justice, Maine Supreme Judicial Court

Frank A. Tirrell Jr. was a Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, who joined the court in 1953. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1893–1955
Tenure: 1953–1955 · 2 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1953	Maine Supreme Judicial Court	–	–

Education

University of Maine

Judicial Record

In our data, Tirrell authored 19 published opinions for the court (1953–1955). Most cited: Thompson v. Franckus (15 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. 19 of these were attributed to Tirrell 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
1954	Thompson v. Franckus†	107 A.2d 485	15
1954	Bowie v. Landry†	108 A.2d 314	12
1953	Huard v. Pion†	98 A.2d 261	10
1955	Fossett v. Durant†	113 A.2d 620	9
1953	State v. Schumacher†	101 A.2d 196	8
1955	State v. McPhee†	115 A.2d 498	7
1954	State v. Jones†	108 A.2d 261	7
1955	State v. Goodchild†	115 A.2d 725	6
1954	State v. Papalos†	150 Me. 46	6
1953	Palow v. Kitchin†	99 A.2d 305	6
1953	State v. Rogers†	98 A.2d 655	5
1955	State v. Douglas†	114 A.2d 253	4
1955	Lewiston - Auburn Shoeworkers Protective Ass'n v. Federal Shoe, Inc.†	114 A.2d 248	2
1955	Page v. Hemingway Bros. Interstate Trucking Co.†	114 A.2d 238	2
1953	State v. Smith†	102 A.2d 342	2

Showing the 15 most-cited of 19 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 Frank A. Tirrell Jr. on?: Frank A. Tirrell Jr. was a Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.

Sources

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2 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).