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The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

New Hampshire Supreme Court / Joined 2000 / Active

Linda S. Dalianis

Justice, New Hampshire Supreme Court

Linda S. Dalianis is a Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, serving since 2000. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1958 · age 68
Tenure: Since 2000 · 26 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2000	New Hampshire Supreme Court	–	–
2000	New Hampshire Supreme Court	–	–

Education

Suffolk University

Judicial Record

In our data, Dalianis authored 478 published opinions for the court (2000–2018), plus 18 dissents and 26 concurrences. Most cited: Ralph P. Gallo & a. v. Susan Traina & a. (375 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. 512 of these were attributed to Dalianis 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
2014	Ralph P. Gallo & a. v. Susan Traina & a.†	166 N.H. 737	375
2003	State v. Blackmer†	149 N.H. 47	342
2008	In Re Salesky†	958 A.2d 948	109
2003	Cook v. Sullivan†	149 N.H. 774	105
2002	New Hampshire Department of Corrections v. Butland†	147 N.H. 676	98
2006	In Re Hampers†	911 A.2d 14	79
2002	State v. Bader†	148 N.H. 265	75
2010	Birch Broadcasting, Inc. v. Capitol Broadcasting Corp.†	13 A.3d 224	68
2003	In re Watterworth†	149 N.H. 442	62
2006	Mortgage Specialists, Inc. v. Davey†	153 N.H. 764	58
2004	Nordic Inn Condominium Owners' Ass'n v. Ventullo†	151 N.H. 571	52
2011	State v. Etienne· Concurrence†	163 N.H. 57	47
2006	Stewart v. Bader†	154 N.H. 75	47
2006	Behrens v. S.P. Construction Co.†	153 N.H. 498	47
2001	Coyle v. Battles†	147 N.H. 98	47

Showing the 15 most-cited of 522 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 Linda S. Dalianis on?: Linda S. Dalianis is a Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court.

Sources

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26 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).