How do judges of the New Jersey Supreme Court reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

New Jersey Supreme Court / Joined 1959 / Served to 1975

Frederick Wilson Hall

Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court

Frederick Wilson Hall was a Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, who joined the court in 1959. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1908–1984
Tenure: 1959–1975 · 16 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1959	New Jersey Supreme Court	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Hall authored 122 published opinions for the court (1959–1975), plus 32 dissents and 14 concurrences. Most cited: State v. Johnson (1,662 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. 57 of these were attributed to Hall 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
1964	State v. Johnson	199 A.2d 809	1,662
1969	Dolson v. Anastasia	258 A.2d 706	601
1973	Mayflower Securities Co. v. Bureau of Securities	312 A.2d 497	588
1965	Close v. Kordulak Bros.	210 A.2d 753	456
1973	Busik v. Levine· Concurrence†	307 A.2d 571	280
1961	Fernandi v. Strully· Dissent†	173 A.2d 277	226
1975	Southern Burlington County N.A.A.C.P. v. Township of Mount Laurel†	67 N.J. 151	223
1973	Heavner v. Uniroyal, Inc.	305 A.2d 412	218
1965	Cintrone v. Hertz Truck Leasing & Rental Service· Dissent†	212 A.2d 769	202
1961	Borough of Roselle v. Public Service Electric & Gas Co.	173 A.2d 233	191
1969	Jackson v. Concord Company	253 A.2d 793	190
1972	New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority v. McCrane· Concurrence†	292 A.2d 545	153
1969	Harr v. Allstate Insurance Co.	255 A.2d 208	146
1966	Caputzal v. Lindsay Co.	222 A.2d 513	135
1960	State v. Smith	161 A.2d 520	124

Showing the 15 most-cited of 168 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 New Jersey Supreme Court reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.
Which court was Frederick Wilson Hall on?: Frederick Wilson Hall was a Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court.

Sources

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