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The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

Vermont Supreme Court / Joined 1949 / Served to 1951

Samuel H. Blackmer

Justice, Vermont Supreme Court

Samuel H. Blackmer was a Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, who joined the court in 1949. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1902–1951
Tenure: 1949–1951 · 2 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1949	Vermont Supreme Court	–	–

Education

Yale University
Harvard University

Judicial Record

In our data, Blackmer authored 16 published opinions for the court (1949–1951). Most cited: Smyth v. Twin State Improvement Corp. (129 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. 11 of these were attributed to Blackmer 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
1951	Smyth v. Twin State Improvement Corp.†	80 A.2d 664	129
1951	Ackerman v. Kogut†	84 A.2d 131	41
1950	Petition of Central Vermont Public Service Corp.†	71 A.2d 576	29
1950	Lunnie v. Gadapee†	73 A.2d 312	22
1949	In Re: Will of Prudenzano	68 A.2d 704	21
1951	Dickerman v. Town of Pittsford†	80 A.2d 529	15
1950	Essex Chair Co. v. Fine Furniture Co.	70 A.2d 578	10
1949	Russell, B.N.F. v. Barre Plywood Co.	68 A.2d 691	9
1951	City Electrical Service & Equipment Co. v. Estey Organ Co.†	77 A.2d 835	8
1950	Wilson v. Dyer†	75 A.2d 677	8
1951	Manley v. Brattleboro Trust Co.†	78 A.2d 488	7
1950	Benoit v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc.†	73 A.2d 321	7
1950	Mangana's Admx. v. Franzoni†	75 A.2d 665	4
1949	Brooks v. Ulanet	68 A.2d 701	4
1950	Hardwick Trust Co. v. Dodge†	75 A.2d 660	3

Showing the 15 most-cited of 16 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 Samuel H. Blackmer on?: Samuel H. Blackmer was a Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court.

Sources

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2 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).