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Linda Dalianis
Prior offices:
New Hampshire Supreme Court
Education
Bachelor's
Northeastern University
Law
Suffolk University Law School


Linda Stewart Dalianis was the chief justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court. Dalianis was the first woman to serve on New Hampshire's Supreme Court. She was appointed to this court by Democratic Governor Jeanne Shaheen in 2000.[1]

In November 2010, Governor John Lynch nominated Dalianis to become the court's new Chief Justice. When confirmed by the Executive Council, she became the first woman to serve in the position.[2][3]

Dalianis retired from the court on April 1, 2018.[4] To learn more about this vacancy, click here.

Education

Dalianis received her undergraduate degree from Northeastern University and her J.D. from Suffolk University Law School.[5]

Career

Political ideology

See also: Political ideology of State Supreme Court Justices

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.

Dalianis received a campaign finance score of -1.11, indicating a liberal ideological leaning. This was more liberal than the average score of -0.99 that justices received in New Hampshire.

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]

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