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 1971 / Served to 1973

David McCain

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

David McCain was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, who joined the court in 1971. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1971–1973 · 2 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1971	Florida District Courts of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, McCain authored 27 published opinions for the court (1967–1971). Most cited: Frye v. Frye (34 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
1967	Frye v. Frye	205 So. 2d 310	34
1970	Little v. Publix Supermarkets, Inc.	234 So. 2d 132	25
1968	Baker v. State	213 So. 2d 285	17
1971	English v. Seachord	243 So. 2d 193	15
1970	Spencer v. Spencer	242 So. 2d 786	14
1970	Graham v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company	240 So. 2d 157	14
1968	Weaver v. Stone	212 So. 2d 80	14
1970	Egan v. Washington General Insurance Corporation	240 So. 2d 875	13
1970	Aetna Life Insurance Company v. White	242 So. 2d 771	13
1971	City of Hollywood v. Coley	258 So. 2d 828	12
1970	Wakeman v. State	237 So. 2d 61	12
1970	Sea Shore Motel Corp. v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co.	233 So. 2d 651	12
1970	Haley v. Edwards	233 So. 2d 647	11
1968	Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York v. Tiedtke	207 So. 2d 40	11
1967	Di Virgilio v. State Road Department	205 So. 2d 317	11

Showing the 15 most-cited of 27 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 David McCain on?: David McCain 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).