Missouri Court of Appeals / Joined 1976 / Served to 1994

Dorman Steelman

Judge, Missouri Court of Appeals

Dorman Steelman was a Judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals, who joined the court in 1976. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure
1976–1994 · 18 yrs

Judicial service

YearCourtAppointed byVote
1976Missouri Court of Appeals

Judicial Record

In our data, Steelman authored 2 published opinions for the court (1979–1986). Most cited: Walker v. Multi-Wood Products, Inc. (4 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. 2 of these were attributed to Steelman 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

YearCaseCitationCited
1979Walker v. Multi-Wood Products, Inc.581 S.W.2d 6174
1986State v. Conrad719 S.W.2d 1042

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Questions & answers

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Dorman Steelman was a Judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals.

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