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The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

Maine Supreme Judicial Court / Joined 2005 / Active

Warren M. Silver

Justice, Maine Supreme Judicial Court

Warren M. Silver is a Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, serving since 2005. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1948 · age 78
Tenure: Since 2005 · 21 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2005	Maine Supreme Judicial Court	–	–

Education

Tufts University

Judicial Record

In our data, Silver authored 88 published opinions for the court (2005–2014), plus 22 dissents and 18 concurrences. Most cited: Lougee Conservancy v. Citimortgage, Inc. (186 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. 126 of these were attributed to Silver 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
2012	Lougee Conservancy v. Citimortgage, Inc.†	48 A.3d 774	186
2014	James M. Dickau v. Vermont Mutual Insurance Co.· Dissent†	2014 ME 158	99
2009	State v. Letalien· Concurrence†	2009 ME 130	79
2012	Fuhrmann v. Staples the Office Superstore East, Inc.†	58 A.3d 1083	74
2013	John Doe I v. Robert Williams· Dissent†	2013 ME 24	72
2011	State v. Pabon· Dissent†	2011 ME 100	66
2014	Estate of Michael Lewis v. Concord General Mutual Insurance Company†	2014 ME 34	61
2012	Nader v. Maine Democratic Party· Concurrence†	2012 ME 57	61
2009	Dragomir v. Spring Harbor Hospital†	2009 ME 51	60
2012	Daniels v. Narraguagus Bay Health Care Facility· Concurrence†	2012 ME 80	57
2008	Rangeley Crossroads Coalition v. Land Use Regulation Commission†	2008 ME 115	57
2008	Tolliver v. Department of Transportation· Concurrence†	2008 ME 83	52
2014	Nicole Dussault v. RRE Coach Lantern Holdings, LLC†	2014 ME 8	50
2009	Picher v. Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland†	2009 ME 67	46
2009	Addy v. Jenkins, Inc.· Concurrence†	969 A.2d 935	46

Showing the 15 most-cited of 128 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 Maine Supreme Judicial Court reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.
Which court is Warren M. Silver on?: Warren M. Silver is a Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.

Sources

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