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

The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

Vermont Supreme Court / Joined 1984 / Served to 1996

Frederic W. Allen

Justice, Vermont Supreme Court

Frederic W. Allen was a Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, who joined the court in 1984. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1927 · age 99
Tenure: 1984–1996 · 12 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1984	Vermont Supreme Court	–	–

Education

Miami University-Oxford
Boston University

Judicial Record

In our data, Allen authored 336 published opinions for the court (1985–2005), plus 31 dissents and 19 concurrences. Most cited: In re Glen M. (160 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. 360 of these were attributed to Allen 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
1990	In re Glen M.†	154 Vt. 233	160
1994	Mullin v. Phelps· Concurrence†	647 A.2d 714	118
1991	Murray v. White†	587 A.2d 975	116
1995	Ross v. Times Mirror, Inc.†	665 A.2d 580	102
1990	Crump v. P & C Food Markets, Inc.†	576 A.2d 441	87
1993	Ball v. Melsur Corp.†	633 A.2d 705	79
1993	State v. Pelican†	632 A.2d 24	75
1995	State v. Bacon· Concurrence†	658 A.2d 54	74
1985	State v. Bubar†	505 A.2d 1197	73
1997	Hinesburg Sand & Gravel Co. v. State	693 A.2d 1045	72
1992	State v. Savva· Dissent†	616 A.2d 774	66
1996	Bacon v. Lascelles†	678 A.2d 902	65
1990	Burlington Electric Department v. Vermont Department of Taxes	576 A.2d 450	64
1995	State v. Madison	658 A.2d 536	62
1991	State v. Oakes†	598 A.2d 119	62

Showing the 15 most-cited of 386 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 Frederic W. Allen on?: Frederic W. Allen was a Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court.

Sources

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12 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).