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

The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

New Hampshire Supreme Court / Joined 1952 / Served to 1957

John Richard Goodnow

Justice, New Hampshire Supreme Court

John Richard Goodnow was a Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, who joined the court in 1952. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1907 · age 119
Tenure: 1952–1957 · 5 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1952	New Hampshire Supreme Court	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Goodnow authored 63 published opinions for the court (1952–1957). Most cited: Rosenblum v. Judson Engineering Corp. (25 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. 10 of these were attributed to Goodnow 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
1954	Rosenblum v. Judson Engineering Corp.	99 N.H. 267	25
1954	Bowen v. Merchants Mutual Casualty Co. & A.	99 N.H. 107	17
1954	Nelson v. Wyman	99 N.H. 33	17
1955	Hinchey v. National Surety Company	99 N.H. 373	15
1953	Bourget v. Public Service Company	98 N.H. 237	15
1955	State v. Sargent	100 N.H. 29	14
1953	In Re Leon Keyser, Inc.	98 N.H. 198	14
1955	New Hampshire Wholesale Beverage Ass'n v. New Hampshire State Liquor Commission†	100 N.H. 5	13
1955	Newcomb v. Ray	99 N.H. 463	13
1953	Guitarini v. Macallen Co.†	98 N.H. 118	13
1956	State v. Staples	100 N.H. 283	11
1953	In Re Byrne Estate	98 N.H. 300	9
1953	Mitchel v. Dover	98 N.H. 285	9
1953	Richardson v. Beattie	98 N.H. 71	9
1957	Dunbar Fuel Co. v. Cassidy	100 N.H. 397	8

Showing the 15 most-cited of 63 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 was John Richard Goodnow on?: John Richard Goodnow was a Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court.

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5 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).