John Dooley
John A. Dooley was an associate justice on the Vermont Supreme Court, a position to which he was appointed on June 12, 1987 by Democratic Governor Madeleine Kunin. He was retained by the General Assembly on March 30, 2011, for another six-year term that expired in 2017.[1]
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Justice Dooley retired at the end of his term on March 31, 2017.[3]
Education
Dooley received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Union College in 1965 and his J.D. from Boston College Law School in 1968.[4]
Career
Prior to his appointment to the Vermont Supreme Court, Dooley spent two years as the secretary of administration for the state of Vermont. Before this, he served as legal counsel to Governor Madeleine Kunin and executive director of Vermont Legal Aid.[5][2]
Awards and associations
Political ideology
In October 2012, political science professors Adam Bonica and Michael Woodruff of Stanford University attempted to determine the partisan ideology of state supreme court justices. They created a scoring system in which a score above 0 indicated a more conservative-leaning ideology, while scores below 0 were more liberal.
Dooley received a campaign finance score of -1.4, indicating a liberal ideological leaning. This was more liberal than the average score of -0.60 that justices received in Vermont.
The study was based on data from campaign contributions by the judges themselves, the partisan leaning of those who contributed to the judges' campaigns, or, in the absence of elections, the ideology of the appointing body (governor or legislature). This study was not a definitive label of a justice, but an academic summary of various relevant factors.[6]
Recent news
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See also
External links
- Vermont Supreme Court, Honorable John Dooley, Associate Justice
- Project Vote Smart, Associate Justice John Dooley (VT)
- Vermont Public Radio, "Same-sex Custody Battle Goes To State Supreme Court," June 24, 2010
- The Free Library, "Adult siblings can claim wrongful death damages, says Vermont high court," September 1, 2006
Footnotes
- ↑ Vermont State Legislature, "Journal of the Joint Assembly," accessed May 14, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Vermont Supreme Court, Honorable John Dooley, Associate Justice
- ↑ The Hour, "Vermont Supreme Court Justice Dooley to retire in March," September 23, 2016
- ↑ Vermont Judiciary, "Vermont Supreme Court Justices' Biographies," accessed September 23, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Russian American Rule of Law Consortium, "Hon. John Dooley - Associate Justice, Vermont Supreme Court"
- ↑ Stanford University, "State Supreme Court Ideology and 'New Style' Judicial Campaigns," October 31, 2012
Federal courts:
Second Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Vermont • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Vermont
State courts:
Vermont Supreme Court • Vermont Superior Courts • Vermont Probate Court • Vermont Judicial Bureau
State resources:
Courts in Vermont • Vermont judicial elections • Judicial selection in Vermont
