Maria Elena Cruz
Maria Elena Cruz is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona, serving since 2025. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Tenure
- Since 2025 · 1 yr
Judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Supreme Court of Arizona | – | – |
Judicial Record
In our data, Cruz authored 2 published opinions for the court (2026).
Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 2 of these were attributed to Cruz 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | State of Arizona v. Dimitri Polanco Romero† | – | 0 |
| 2026 | State of Arizona v. Hon. marner/haniffa† | – | 0 |
Showing the 2 most-cited of 2 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 Arizona reach the bench?
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- Maria Elena Cruz is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- Arizona Judicial Branch — Meet the Justices (azcourts.gov)
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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1 year on the Supreme Court of Arizona. Data as of 2026-07-02. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).