How do judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia / Joined 1958 / Served to 1976

Thornton G. Berry Jr.

Justice, Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia

Thornton G. Berry Jr. was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, who joined the court in 1958. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1904–1987
Tenure: 1958–1976 · 18 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1958	Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Berry authored 276 published opinions for the court (1959–1976), plus 29 dissents and 10 concurrences. Most cited: Berkeley County Public Service District v. Vitro Corp. of America (124 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. 105 of these were attributed to Berry 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
1968	Berkeley County Public Service District v. Vitro Corp. of America†	162 S.E.2d 189	124
1970	Intercity Realty Company v. Gibson· Concurrence†	175 S.E.2d 452	116
1966	State v. Hamric	151 S.E.2d 252	107
1966	State v. Riley	151 S.E.2d 308	91
1973	Rosier v. Garron, Inc.· Concurrence†	156 W. Va. 861	82
1960	Spurlin v. Nardo	114 S.E.2d 913	71
1963	Lester v. Rose†	130 S.E.2d 80	69
1976	State Ex Rel. Partain v. Oakley	227 S.E.2d 314	68
1976	State v. Milam	226 S.E.2d 433	68
1968	State Ex Rel. Strickland v. Melton· Concurrence†	165 S.E.2d 90	68
1967	State Ex Rel. Greenbrier County Airport Authority v. Hanna· Dissent†	153 S.E.2d 284	68
1972	McDaniel v. Romano	190 S.E.2d 8	65
1974	State v. Wilson	207 S.E.2d 174	62
1976	Committee on Legal Ethics of West Virginia State Bar v. Mullins· Dissent†	159 W. Va. 647	55
1976	State v. Byers· Concurrence†	159 W. Va. 596	55

Showing the 15 most-cited of 315 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 Appeals of West Virginia reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.
Which court was Thornton G. Berry Jr. on?: Thornton G. Berry Jr. was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Sources

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