How do judges of the Missouri Court of Appeals reach the bench?

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

Missouri Court of Appeals / Joined 2012 / Active

Elizabeth Hogan

Judge, Missouri Court of Appeals

Elizabeth Hogan is a Judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals, serving since 2012. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2012 · 13 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2012	Missouri Court of Appeals	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Hogan authored 233 published opinions for the court (1963–1991). Most cited: In Re the Marriage of Schulte (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.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1977	In Re the Marriage of Schulte	546 S.W.2d 41	60
1983	Bandag of Springfield, Inc. v. Bandag, Inc.	662 S.W.2d 546	59
1981	Coulter v. Michelin Tire Corp.	622 S.W.2d 421	57
1967	Adoption of K. B. I. D. v. v. M. G.	417 S.W.2d 702	53
1977	MacAlco, Inc. v. Gulf Insurance Co.	550 S.W.2d 883	48
1990	Ganaway v. Shelter Mutual Insurance Co.	795 S.W.2d 554	45
1983	State v. Trimble	654 S.W.2d 245	43
1985	Reed v. Sale Memorial Hospital & Clinic	698 S.W.2d 931	40
1973	Spires v. Lawless	493 S.W.2d 65	39
1972	Rakestraw v. Norris	478 S.W.2d 409	38
1964	Landers v. Smith	379 S.W.2d 884	37
1989	Ragland Mills, Inc. v. General Motors Corp.	763 S.W.2d 357	35
1965	Boone v. Richardson	388 S.W.2d 68	35
1982	Byrd v. Brown	641 S.W.2d 163	34
1990	McClelland v. Progressive Casualty Insurance Co.	790 S.W.2d 490	33

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Questions & answers

How do judges of the Missouri Court of Appeals reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court is Elizabeth Hogan on?: Elizabeth Hogan is a Judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals.

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13 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).