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 1967 / Served to 1968

Donald R. Mote

Justice, Supreme Court of Indiana

Donald R. Mote was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Indiana (5 judges, selected by merit selection with retention), who joined the court in 1967. He previously served on the Indiana Court of Appeals. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1900–1968
Tenure: 1967–1968 · 1 yr

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1962	Indiana Court of Appeals	–	–
1967	Supreme Court of Indiana	–	–

Education

George Washington University
Wabash College
George Washington University

Judicial Record

In our data, Mote authored 96 published opinions for the court (1963–1968), plus 15 dissents and 4 concurrences. Most cited: General Outdoor Advertising Co. v. Lasalle Realty Corp. (60 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. 55 of these were attributed to Mote 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
1966	General Outdoor Advertising Co. v. Lasalle Realty Corp.· Dissent†	218 N.E.2d 141	60
1968	King v. State· Dissent†	234 N.E.2d 465	53
1966	Motorists Mut. Ins. Co. v. Johnson, Admrx.· Dissent†	218 N.E.2d 712	37
1967	Lewis v. Burke· Dissent†	226 N.E.2d 332	32
1968	Corbin v. State· Dissent†	234 N.E.2d 261	28
1964	Citizens Gas and Coke Utility v. Sloan	196 N.E.2d 290	26
1968	Davis v. State	239 N.E.2d 601	25
1968	Peterson v. State	234 N.E.2d 488	24
1967	Papp v. City of Hammond	230 N.E.2d 326	24
1967	Hutchinson v. State	225 N.E.2d 828	24
1967	PASSWATER, ETC. v. Winn· Dissent†	229 N.E.2d 622	20
1966	Good. v. Western Pulaski County School Corp.· Dissent†	210 N.E.2d 100	18
1968	CALVIN FARRELL HADLEY v. State	238 N.E.2d 888	17
1963	Keck v. Pozorski	191 N.E.2d 325	16
1966	Ulrich, Etc. v. Beatty, Etc.· Dissent†	216 N.E.2d 737	15

Showing the 15 most-cited of 117 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 Donald R. Mote on?: Donald R. Mote was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Indiana.

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1 year 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).