How do judges of the Florida District Courts of Appeal reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.

Florida District Courts of Appeal / Joined 1960 / Served to 1967

Archie Odom

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

Archie Odom was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, who joined the court in 1960. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1960–1967 · 7 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1960	Florida District Courts of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Odom authored 7 published opinions for the court (1960–1967). Most cited: Greyhound Corporation v. Ford (26 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.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1963	Greyhound Corporation v. Ford	157 So. 2d 427	26
1967	Haines v. Leonard L. Farber Company	199 So. 2d 311	17
1961	Belden v. Lynch	126 So. 2d 578	17
1961	Mastrandrea v. J. Mann, Inc.	128 So. 2d 146	12
1960	Lipkin v. Bonita Garden Apartments, Inc.	122 So. 2d 623	12
1960	Michigan Mutual Liability Co. v. G & L ROOFING CO.	123 So. 2d 300	7
1967	Keck v. Schumacher	198 So. 2d 39	4

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Questions & answers

How do judges of the Florida District Courts of Appeal reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court was Archie Odom on?: Archie Odom was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal.

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7 years on the Florida District Courts of Appeal. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).