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The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

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James P. Bassett

Justice, New Hampshire Supreme Court

James P. Bassett is a Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, serving since 2012. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1956 · age 70
Tenure: Since 2012 · 14 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2012	New Hampshire Supreme Court	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Bassett authored 116 published opinions for the court (2012–2019), plus 2 dissents. Most cited: Axenics, Inc. v. Turner Construction Co. (78 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. 118 of these were attributed to Bassett 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
2013	Axenics, Inc. v. Turner Construction Co.†	164 N.H. 659	78
2019	David F. Dietz & a. v. Town of Tuftonboro†	201 A.3d 65	31
2015	State of New Hampshire v. Justin L. Roy†	167 N.H. 276	28
2015	Susan Achille v. George Achille, Jr.†	167 N.H. 706	27
2016	New Hampshire Right to Life & a. v. Director, New Hampshire Charitable Trusts Unit & a.†	169 N.H. 95	26
2018	Halifax-Am. Energy Co. v. Provider Power, LLC†	180 A.3d 268	25
2015	Cogswell Farm Condominium Association v. Tower Group, Inc. & a.†	167 N.H. 245	21
2015	State of New Hampshire v. Michael Francis†	167 N.H. 598	20
2015	State v. Craig†	167 N.H. 361	19
2014	K.L.N. Construction Company, Inc. & a. v. Town of Pelham†	167 N.H. 180	19
2014	Petition of Gregory Malisos†	166 N.H. 726	19
2017	Petition of Wayne Sawyer†	167 A.3d 622	18
2013	Appeal of Phillips†	165 N.H. 226	18
2013	State v. Gribble†	165 N.H. 1	17
2019	Quentin H. White v. Brigitte Auger f/k/a Brigitte Gaudreau & a.†	201 A.3d 670	16

Showing the 15 most-cited of 118 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 Hampshire Supreme Court reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.
Which court is James P. Bassett on?: James P. Bassett is a Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court.

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