New Hampshire Supreme Court

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New Hampshire Supreme Court
State Seal of New Hampshire
43°12′42″N 71°31′16″W / 43.211667°N 71.521111°W / 43.211667; -71.521111
Established	1841
Jurisdiction	New Hampshire
Location	Concord, New Hampshire
Coordinates	43°12′42″N 71°31′16″W / 43.211667°N 71.521111°W / 43.211667; -71.521111
Composition method	Appointment by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Hampshire
Authorized by	New Hampshire Constitution
Appeals to	Supreme Court of the United States
Judge term length	until age 70
Number of positions	5
Website	Official website
Chief Justice
Currently	Gordon J. MacDonald
Since	March 4, 2021
Lead position ends	November 27, 2031

The New Hampshire Supreme Court is the supreme court of the U.S. state of New Hampshire and sole appellate court of the state. The Supreme Court is seated in the state capital, Concord. The Court is composed of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices appointed by the Governor and Executive Council to serve during "good behavior" until retirement or the age of seventy. The senior member of the Court is able to specially assign lower-court judges, as well as retired justices, to fill vacancies on the Court.

The Supreme Court is the administrative authority over the state's judicial system. The Court has both mandatory and discretionary appellate jurisdiction. In 2000, the Court created a "Three Judges Expedited" or 3JX panel to issue decisions in cases of less precedential value, with its decision only binding on the present case. In 2004, the court began accepting all appeals from the trial courts for the first time in 25 years.

From 1776 to 1876, the then four-member court was known as the "Superior Court of Judicature", until the name was changed by an act of the New Hampshire General Court. In 1901, the number of justices was increased from four to five. Two Supreme Court justices have been the only two state officials to be impeached in New Hampshire: Justice Woodbury Langdon resigned prior to his trial in 1790, and Chief Justice David Brock was acquitted by the New Hampshire Senate in 2000.

Retired Associate Justice David Souter of the Supreme Court of the United States served on the New Hampshire Supreme Court from 1983 to 1990.