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The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

Maine Supreme Judicial Court / Joined 2002 / Active

Jon D. Levy

Justice, Maine Supreme Judicial Court

Jon D. Levy is a Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, serving since 2002. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1953 · age 73
Tenure: Since 2002 · 24 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2002	Maine Supreme Judicial Court	–	–

Education

Syracuse University
West Virginia University

Judicial Record

In our data, Levy authored 141 published opinions for the court (2002–2014), plus 16 dissents and 22 concurrences. Most cited: In re Thomas H. (140 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. 171 of these were attributed to Levy 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
2005	In re Thomas H.†	889 A.2d 297	140
2004	Stanley v. Hancock County Commissioners†	2004 ME 157	121
2005	State v. Weinschenk· Concurrence†	2005 ME 28	81
2009	State v. Letalien†	2009 ME 130	79
2012	Fuhrmann v. Staples the Office Superstore East, Inc.· Concurrence†	58 A.3d 1083	74
2005	Fortin v. Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland†	2005 ME 57	74
2004	C.E.W. v. D.E.W.†	845 A.2d 1146	72
2011	State v. Pabon†	2011 ME 100	66
2008	Tolliver v. Department of Transportation†	2008 ME 83	52
2012	Pelletier v. Pelletier†	36 A.3d 903	51
2014	Matthew W. Pitts v. Amanda M. Moore· Dissent†	2014 ME 59	50
2014	Nicole Dussault v. RRE Coach Lantern Holdings, LLC· Dissent†	2014 ME 8	50
2011	Blue Yonder, LLC v. State Tax Assessor· Dissent†	2011 ME 49	50
2008	Ezell v. Lawless· Concurrence†	955 A.2d 202	46
2005	Searles v. Fleetwood Homes of Pennsylvania, Inc.†	878 A.2d 509	45

Showing the 15 most-cited of 179 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 Maine Supreme Judicial Court reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.
Which court is Jon D. Levy on?: Jon D. Levy is a Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.

Sources

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