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The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

New Jersey Supreme Court / Joined 1951 / Served to 1956

William Joseph Brennan Jr.

Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court

William Joseph Brennan Jr. was a Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, who joined the court in 1951. He earned a law degree from Harvard University in 1931. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1906–1997
Tenure: 1951–1956 · 5 yrs
Education: University of Pennsylvania 1928 · Harvard

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1951	New Jersey Supreme Court	–	–

Education

University of Pennsylvania	B.S.	1928
Harvard University	LL.B.	1931

Judicial Record

In our data, Brennan authored 77 published opinions for the court (1952–1956), plus 11 dissents and 1 concurrence. Most cited: Judson v. Peoples Bank & Trust Co. of Westfield (808 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. 89 of these were attributed to Brennan 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	Judson v. Peoples Bank & Trust Co. of Westfield†	110 A.2d 24	808
1953	Campbell Soup Co. v. BD. OF REVIEW, DIV. OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY†	100 A.2d 287	102
1954	Ajamian v. Schlanger†	103 A.2d 9	101
1952	Shammas v. Shammas†	88 A.2d 204	95
1955	State v. Kociolek†	118 A.2d 812	88
1953	Krauss v. A. & M. KARAGHEUSIAN, INC.†	100 A.2d 277	83
1953	State v. Tune· Dissent†	98 A.2d 881	79
1953	Citizens, & C., Public Funds v. Bd. of Educ. Tp. of Parsippany-Troy Hills†	98 A.2d 673	76
1952	United Advertising Corp. v. Borough of Raritan†	93 A.2d 362	72
1953	State v. Bogen†	98 A.2d 295	69
1952	Midler v. Heinowitz†	89 A.2d 458	64
1953	State v. Vaszorich†	98 A.2d 299	62
1952	In Re Pillo†	93 A.2d 176	57
1952	Pyatt v. Mayor and Council of Borough of Dunellen†	89 A.2d 1	57
1953	Carbone v. Warburton†	94 A.2d 680	56

Showing the 15 most-cited of 89 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 New Jersey Supreme Court reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.
Which court was William Joseph Brennan Jr. on?: William Joseph Brennan Jr. was a Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court.

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