How do judges of the Supreme Court of Indiana reach the bench?

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

Supreme Court of Indiana / Joined 1931 / Served to 1943

Curtis William Roll

Justice, Supreme Court of Indiana

Curtis William Roll was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Indiana, who joined the court in 1931. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1884–1970
Tenure: 1931–1943 · 12 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1931	Supreme Court of Indiana	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Roll authored 190 published opinions for the court (1931–1942), plus 7 dissents and 6 concurrences. Most cited: L.S. Ayres Company v. Hicks (59 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
1942	L.S. Ayres Company v. Hicks· Dissent	40 N.E.2d 334	59
1938	Noelke v. State	15 N.E.2d 950	52
1931	Walb Construction Co. v. Chipman	175 N.E. 132	50
1936	Dedrick v. State	2 N.E.2d 409	40
1942	County Department of Public Welfare v. Potthoff· Concurrence	44 N.E.2d 494	38
1941	Pfisterer v. Key	33 N.E.2d 330	38
1939	City of South Bend v. Marckle· Concurrence	18 N.E.2d 764	38
1939	Smith v. State	21 N.E.2d 709	35
1938	Bain, Admx. v. Mattmiller	13 N.E.2d 712	35
1935	Kennedy v. State	196 N.E. 316	35
1933	Barr v. State	187 N.E. 259	35
1940	City of Indianapolis v. Evans	24 N.E.2d 776	33
1935	Meyer v. Building and Realty Service Co., Inc.	196 N.E. 250	32
1940	Armstrong v. Illinois Bankers Life Assn.	29 N.E.2d 415	27
1940	Automobile Underwriters, Inc. v. Camp	27 N.E.2d 370	27

Showing the 15 most-cited of 203 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 Supreme Court of Indiana reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court was Curtis William Roll on?: Curtis William Roll was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Indiana.

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