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The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

Vermont Supreme Court / Joined 1974 / Served to 1981

Robert W. Larrow

Justice, Vermont Supreme Court

Robert W. Larrow was a Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, who joined the court in 1974. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1916 · age 110
Tenure: 1974–1981 · 7 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1974	Vermont Supreme Court	–	–

Education

Holy Cross College
Harvard University

Judicial Record

In our data, Larrow authored 181 published opinions for the court (1974–1981), plus 5 dissents and 5 concurrences. Most cited: Vaillancourt v. Medical Center Hospital of Vermont, Inc. (95 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. 191 of these were attributed to Larrow 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
1980	Vaillancourt v. Medical Center Hospital of Vermont, Inc.†	425 A.2d 92	95
1978	Sunday v. Stratton Corp.†	390 A.2d 398	78
1981	Smith v. Winhall Planning Commission†	436 A.2d 760	64
1981	Town of Bennington v. Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home, Inc.†	427 A.2d 365	49
1981	State v. Phillips†	436 A.2d 746	46
1978	Quazzo v. Quazzo†	386 A.2d 638	46
1974	Hill v. Grandey· Concurrence†	321 A.2d 28	44
1974	Howard v. Spafford†	321 A.2d 74	42
1975	Zaleskie v. Joyce†	333 A.2d 110	41
1975	Woodmansee v. Stoneman†	344 A.2d 26	40
1976	In Re J. & J. W.· Concurrence†	365 A.2d 521	37
1975	Bolkum v. Staab†	346 A.2d 210	37
1977	Hinesburg Sand & Gravel Co. v. Town of Hinesburg†	380 A.2d 64	35
1978	Appeal of Farrell & Desautels, Inc.†	383 A.2d 619	34
1977	Colombo v. Times-Argus Ass'n, Inc.†	380 A.2d 80	34

Showing the 15 most-cited of 191 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 Vermont Supreme Court reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.
Which court was Robert W. Larrow on?: Robert W. Larrow was a Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court.

Sources

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