How do judges of the Supreme Court of Maryland reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.

Supreme Court of Maryland / Joined 1952 / Served to 1954

Simon E. Sobeloff

Justice, Supreme Court of Maryland

Simon E. Sobeloff was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland, who joined the court in 1952. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1894–1973
Tenure: 1952–1954 · 2 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1952	Supreme Court of Maryland	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Sobeloff authored 22 published opinions for the court (1953–1954). Most cited: Superior Construction Co. v. Elmo (56 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. 22 of these were attributed to Sobeloff 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
1954	Superior Construction Co. v. Elmo†	102 A.2d 739	56
1953	Leet v. State†	100 A.2d 789	55
1953	Hickory Transfer Co. v. Nezbed†	96 A.2d 241	52
1953	Peregoy v. Western Maryland Railroad†	95 A.2d 867	50
1953	Berry v. State†	95 A.2d 319	43
1953	Superintendent of Maryland State Reformatory for Males v. Calman†	101 A.2d 207	29
1953	McKeldin v. Steedman†	98 A.2d 561	28
1953	Lake v. Callis†	97 A.2d 316	25
1953	Montgomery County v. Maryland-Washington Metropolitan District†	96 A.2d 353	21
1953	State v. Marvil Package Co.†	98 A.2d 94	20
1954	Glorius v. Watkins†	102 A.2d 274	18
1953	Tobin v. Hoffman†	96 A.2d 597	18
1953	Lowery v. State†	96 A.2d 20	17
1953	Bradley v. Cornwall†	98 A.2d 280	15
1953	Walker v. Vail†	101 A.2d 201	13

Showing the 15 most-cited of 22 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 Maryland reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court was Simon E. Sobeloff on?: Simon E. Sobeloff was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland.

Sources

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