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

The court's current selection method is partisan election.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania / Joined 1941 / Served to 1943

William M. Parker

Justice, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

William M. Parker was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, who joined the court in 1941. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1870–1943
Tenure: 1941–1943 · 2 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1941	Supreme Court of Pennsylvania	–	–

Education

Grove City College

Judicial Record

In our data, Parker authored 93 published opinions for the court (1940–1943). Most cited: Hotel Casey Co. v. Ross (125 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.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1941	Hotel Casey Co. v. Ross	23 A.2d 737	125
1941	Bell Tel. Co. of Pa. v. Driscoll	21 A.2d 912	93
1943	Publix Drug Co. v. Breyer Ice Cream Co.	32 A.2d 413	85
1943	William Laubach & Sons v. Easton	32 A.2d 881	60
1941	District of Columbia's Appeal	21 A.2d 883	56
1942	Bonenberger v. Pittsburgh Mercantile Co.	28 A.2d 913	40
1941	Calder's Estate	21 A.2d 907	39
1941	First Baptist Ch. of Pbgh. v. Pbgh.	20 A.2d 209	38
1942	Conner's Estate	29 A.2d 514	37
1942	Jones v. Jones	25 A.2d 327	36
1941	Detoro v. Pittston	25 A.2d 299	36
1942	Harris Calorific Co. v. Marra	29 A.2d 64	35
1941	Scranton v. O'Malley Manufacturing Co.	19 A.2d 269	34
1941	Miners Savings Bank v. Naylor	20 A.2d 287	33
1942	Lenhart's Estate	25 A.2d 725	30

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Questions & answers

How do judges of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is partisan election.
Which court was William M. Parker on?: William M. Parker was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

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