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 1975 / Served to 1977

Carroll Charles Ret

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

Carroll Charles Ret was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, who joined the court in 1975. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1975–1977 · 2 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1975	Florida District Courts of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Ret authored 29 published opinions for the court (1979–1980). Most cited: Metropolitan Dade County v. Yelvington (29 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
1980	Metropolitan Dade County v. Yelvington	392 So. 2d 911	29
1980	Diaz v. Rodriguez	384 So. 2d 906	28
1980	Jess v. State	384 So. 2d 328	24
1980	Adams v. Adams	385 So. 2d 688	22
1980	Powell v. Powell	386 So. 2d 1214	18
1980	Bank of Oklahoma v. Little Judy Industries	387 So. 2d 1002	17
1980	Porter v. State	386 So. 2d 1209	17
1980	Fernandez v. Florida Ins. Guaranty Ass'n	383 So. 2d 974	17
1979	AL LEWIS, ETC. v. Metropolitan Dade Cty.	376 So. 2d 32	17
1980	Norman v. State	388 So. 2d 613	15
1980	Pusey v. Pusey	386 So. 2d 269	13
1980	DeJesus v. Jefferson Stores, Inc.	383 So. 2d 274	10
1980	Action Fire Safety v. BISCAYNE FIRE EQUIPMENT	383 So. 2d 969	9
1979	Baum v. Coronado Condominium Ass'n, Inc.	376 So. 2d 914	8
1980	194th St. Hotel Corp. v. Hopf	383 So. 2d 739	7

Showing the 15 most-cited of 29 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 Florida District Courts of Appeal reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court was Carroll Charles Ret on?: Carroll Charles Ret was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal.

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2 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).