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The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

Supreme Court of Delaware / Joined 1951 / Served to 1954

James M. Tunnell Jr.

Justice, Supreme Court of Delaware

James M. Tunnell Jr. was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Delaware, who joined the court in 1951. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1910–1986
Tenure: 1951–1954 · 3 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1951	Supreme Court of Delaware	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Tunnell authored 18 published opinions for the court (1951–2003), plus 5 dissents. Most cited: Gottlieb v. Heyden Chemical Corp. (88 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. 17 of these were attributed to Tunnell 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
1952	Gottlieb v. Heyden Chemical Corp.†	91 A.2d 57	88
1952	Gottlieb v. Heyden Chemical Corp.†	90 A.2d 660	87
1951	duPont v. duPont· Dissent†	32 Del. Ch. 413	75
1951	Mastellone v. Argo Oil Corp.	82 A.2d 379	56
1952	Hob Tea Room, Inc. v. Miller	89 A.2d 851	54
1951	Searles v. Darling†	83 A.2d 96	49
1952	E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. Clark· Dissent†	88 A.2d 436	48
1953	Frank C. Sparks Co. v. Huber Baking Co.· Dissent†	96 A.2d 456	46
1954	Wilmington Parking Authority v. Ranken· Dissent†	105 A.2d 614	45
1952	Stabler v. Ramsay†	32 Del. Ch. 547	42
1953	DuPont Bayard v. Martin	101 A.2d 329	24
1952	duPont v. duPont†	46 Del. 592	18
1952	Gottlieb v. Heyden Chemical Corp.†	92 A.2d 594	14
1954	Gottlieb v. Heyden Chemical Corp.†	105 A.2d 461	12
1952	Pierce v. Wahl†	32 Del. Ch. 465	10

Showing the 15 most-cited of 23 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 M. Tunnell Jr. on?: James M. Tunnell Jr. was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Delaware.

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3 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).