Associate Justice Retired

James P. Bassett

Supreme Court of New Hampshire · Appointed January 1, 2012

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Judicial record

2334 opinions where James P. Bassett sat on the panel, spanning 2012–2025.

21 Majority authored
2309 Joined majority
4 Dissents

By court

  • N.H. 2334

By disposition

  • Affirmed 1792
  • Reversed 219
  • Vacated 111
  • Mixed 81
  • Dismissed 54
  • Remanded 28
  • Other 9

Panel votes per year

How James P. Bassett's panel-seat count has shifted year by year. Add ?vs=<another-judge-slug> to the URL to overlay a second judge, or click compare next to any co-panelist below.

0 60 120 180 240 300 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2025 2012: 23 votes — James P. Bassett 2013: 72 votes — James P. Bassett 2014: 81 votes — James P. Bassett 2015: 275 votes — James P. Bassett 2016: 231 votes — James P. Bassett 2017: 209 votes — James P. Bassett 2018: 186 votes — James P. Bassett 2019: 199 votes — James P. Bassett 2020: 195 votes — James P. Bassett 2021: 147 votes — James P. Bassett 2022: 168 votes — James P. Bassett 2023: 202 votes — James P. Bassett 2024: 258 votes — James P. Bassett 2025: 88 votes — James P. Bassett
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Most-frequent co-panelists

Judges who appeared on the same opinions. aligned = same bucket (both majority, both dissent); partial = concurred in result but wrote separately; split = the meaningful disagreement (majority vs dissent).

Recent opinions

15 most recent opinions where James P. Bassett sat on the panel.

Docket Court Filed Disposition Case
2024-0233 N.H. 2025-08-29 In the Matter of Danielle Desmarais and Ryan Desmarais
2024-0234 N.H. 2025-08-19 Affirmed Morris v. Comm'r, N.H. Dep't of Revenue Admin.
2023-0532 N.H. 2025-08-14 Reversed and remanded State v. Moses
2024-0330 N.H. 2025-08-14 Affirmed Appeal of Girard Conti
2023-0400 N.H. 2025-08-12 Affirmed State of New Hampshire v. Rey DeJesus
2024-0250 N.H. 2025-08-12 Affirmed in part; reversed in part Keene Publ'g Corp. v. Fall Mountain Reg'l Sch. Dist.
2023-0526 N.H. 2025-08-06 Affirmed State v. Reed
2024-0186 N.H. 2025-07-22 Reversed Adrien Auclair v. Colton Harvey & a.
2024-0111 N.H. 2025-07-17 Reversed and remanded Dobens v. Fagnant
2023-0700 N.H. 2025-07-02 Remanded John Doe v. Town of Lisbon & a.
2024-0121 N.H. 2025-07-01 Contoocook Valley Sch. Dist. v. State
2024-0068 N.H. 2025-07-01 Vacated Kathryn Wolf v. Patrick Brown
2024-0142 N.H. 2025-06-27 Vacated and remanded Anthony Pivero v. Attorney General & a.
2023-0585 N.H. 2025-06-24 Affirmed Wagner v. Chislett
2023-0660 N.H. 2025-06-24 Affirmed Lyn Spain & a. v. James Bowles & a.