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 1979 / Served to 1986

Daniel T. K. Hurley

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

Daniel T. K. Hurley was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, who joined the court in 1979. He earned a law degree from George Washington University in 1968. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1943 · age 83
Tenure: 1979–1986 · 7 yrs
Education: George Washington

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1979	Florida District Courts of Appeal	–	–

Education

Saint Anselm College
George Washington University	J.D.	1968

Judicial Record

In our data, Hurley authored 57 published opinions for the court (1980–1986), plus 22 dissents and 24 concurrences. Most cited: State v. J.P.W. (18 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. 103 of these were attributed to Hurley 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
1983	State v. J.P.W.· Concurrence†	433 So. 2d 616	18
1983	Sisk v. General Builders Corp. of Fort Lauderdale†	438 So. 2d 65	7
1984	Johnson v. Johnson†	454 So. 2d 797	6
1981	Broward County Paraprofessional Ass'n v. School Board of Broward County†	406 So. 2d 1252	6
1981	South Puerto Rico Sugar Co. v. Tem-Cole, Inc.†	403 So. 2d 494	6
1983	Odoms v. State· Concurrence†	431 So. 2d 1041	5
1981	Causeway Lumber Co. v. Lewis†	410 So. 2d 511	5
1981	Hagen v. Florida Drug, Inc.†	402 So. 2d 57	5
1980	Aiello v. State†	390 So. 2d 1205	5
1986	Palm Beach County v. Boca Development Associates, Ltd.†	485 So. 2d 449	4
1985	Horan v. Horan†	464 So. 2d 224	4
1982	Juno by the Sea Condominium Apartments, Inc. v. Juno by the Sea North Condominium Ass'n· Concurrence†	419 So. 2d 399	4
1981	Sun Bank of St. Lucie County v. Oliver†	403 So. 2d 583	4
1980	State v. Manning†	379 So. 2d 1307	4
1986	State v. Wooley†	482 So. 2d 595	3

Showing the 15 most-cited of 103 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 Daniel T. K. Hurley on?: Daniel T. K. Hurley 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).