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

The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.

Court of Appeals of Georgia / Joined 1965 / Served to 1990

Braswell D. Deen Jr.

Judge, Court of Appeals of Georgia

Braswell D. Deen Jr. was a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Georgia, who joined the court in 1965. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1925 · age 101
Tenure: 1965–1990 · 25 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1965	Court of Appeals of Georgia	–	–

Education

University of Georgia
University of Georgia

Judicial Record

In our data, Deen authored 3,473 published opinions for the court (1965–1990), plus 275 dissents and 243 concurrences. Most cited: Bridges v. Winn-Dixie Atlanta, Inc. (93 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. 2,001 of these were attributed to Deen 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
1985	Bridges v. Winn-Dixie Atlanta, Inc.	335 S.E.2d 445	93
1976	Shellenberger v. Tanner	227 S.E.2d 266	88
1989	Boatright v. State· Concurrence†	385 S.E.2d 298	86
1973	Parris & Son, Inc. v. Campbell· Dissent†	196 S.E.2d 334	82
1974	Bituminous Casualty Corp. v. J. B. Forrest & Sons, Inc.· Dissent†	209 S.E.2d 6	80
1977	Southeastern Fidelity Insurance v. Stevens	236 S.E.2d 550	66
1970	Anderson v. State	179 S.E.2d 286	66
1985	Stern's Gallery of Gifts, Inc. v. Corporate Property Investors, Inc.	337 S.E.2d 29	62
1982	St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Mitchell· Dissent†	296 S.E.2d 126	61
1968	Hunter v. A-1 Bonding Service, Inc.· Dissent†	164 S.E.2d 246	61
1972	State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Snyder	187 S.E.2d 878	59
1982	Bradley Center, Inc. v. Wessner· Dissent†	287 S.E.2d 716	57
1982	Greenway v. Peabody International Corp.	294 S.E.2d 541	56
1978	Favors v. State	244 S.E.2d 902	56
1966	Hollywood Baptist Church of Rome v. State Highway Department	150 S.E.2d 271	56

Showing the 15 most-cited of 3,992 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the Court of Appeals of Georgia reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.
Which court was Braswell D. Deen Jr. on?: Braswell D. Deen Jr. was a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Sources

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