How do judges of the Ohio Court of Appeals reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is partisan election.

Ohio Court of Appeals / Joined 1980 / Served to 1986

Alan Eugene Norris

Judge, Ohio Court of Appeals

Alan Eugene Norris was a Judge of the Ohio Court of Appeals, who joined the court in 1980. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1935 · age 91
Tenure: 1980–1986 · 6 yrs
Education: Otterbein 1957

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1980	Ohio Court of Appeals	–	–

Education

Polytechnic Institute of New York University
Otterbein University	B.A.	1957

Judicial Record

In our data, Norris authored 1 published opinion for the court (1982). Most cited: State Ex Rel. Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Industrial Commission (2 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. 1 of these was attributed to Norris by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1982	State Ex Rel. Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Industrial Commission†	441 N.E.2d 636	2

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Questions & answers

How do judges of the Ohio Court of Appeals reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is partisan election.
Which court was Alan Eugene Norris on?: Alan Eugene Norris was a Judge of the Ohio Court of Appeals.

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