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

The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

Supreme Court of Delaware / Joined 1897 / Served to 1916

James Pennewill

Justice, Supreme Court of Delaware

James Pennewill was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Delaware, who joined the court in 1897. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1854 · age 172
Tenure: 1897–1916 · 19 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1897	Supreme Court of Delaware	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Pennewill authored 14 published opinions for the court (1901–1930). Most cited: Lofland v. Cahall (73 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. 9 of these were attributed to Pennewill 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
1922	Lofland v. Cahall	13 Del. Ch. 384	73
1930	Triplex Shoe Co. v. Rice & Hutchins, Inc.	152 A. 342	33
1927	Bodell v. General Gas Electric Corporation	140 A. 264	27
1912	Harned v. Beacon Hill Real Estate Co.†	9 Del. Ch. 411	27
1913	Bryan v. Aikin	10 Del. Ch. 446	21
1901	Craig v. Ginn†	19 Del. 117	16
1916	G. W. Baker Machine Co. v. U. S. Fire Apparatus Co.†	11 Del. Ch. 386	14
1909	American Bridge Co. v. Valente†	23 Del. 370	6
1911	Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad v. Buchanan†	25 Del. 202	5
1905	McDaniel v. Armstrong†	21 Del. 240	4
1904	Bay State Gas Co. v. State†	20 Del. 497	4
1914	Ninth Street Co. v. Wilmington Monthly Meeting of Orthodox Friends†	10 Del. Ch. 479	1
1909	Wilmington City Railway Co. v. Truman†	23 Del. 197	1
1927	Bodell v. General Gas Electric Corporation	159 A. 376	0

Showing the 14 most-cited of 14 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 Supreme Court of Delaware reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.
Which court was James Pennewill on?: James Pennewill was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Delaware.

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