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

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

Indiana Court of Appeals / Joined 1924 / Served to 1927

Francis Thompson

Judge, Indiana Court of Appeals

Francis Thompson was a Judge of the Indiana Court of Appeals, who joined the court in 1924. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1924–1927 · 3 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1924	Indiana Court of Appeals	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Thompson authored 91 published opinions for the court (1925–1928). Most cited: Weitzmann v. Weitzmann (16 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
1928	Weitzmann v. Weitzmann	161 N.E. 385	16
1926	Employers' Liability Assurance Corp. v. Citizens National Bank of Peru	151 N.E. 396	11
1928	National Surety Co. v. State Ex Rel. Rathbun	161 N.E. 573	10
1926	Norman v. Hartman Furniture & Carpet Co.	150 N.E. 416	9
1928	Keser v. U. S. S. Lead Refinery Inc.	163 N.E. 621	8
1927	Union Indemnity Co. v. Storm	158 N.E. 904	8
1925	Kauffman v. Bardo	148 N.E. 496	7
1928	Pivot City Realty Co. v. State Savings & Trust Co.	162 N.E. 27	6
1927	Columbian Enameling & Stamping Co. v. Cramer	156 N.E. 467	6
1927	State v. Nattkemper	156 N.E. 168	6
1926	Wisconsin Lumber & Coal Co. v. Wall	151 N.E. 830	6
1925	Western Indiana Gravel Co. v. Erwin, Gdn.	149 N.E. 185	6
1927	Waffle v. Ireland	155 N.E. 513	5
1927	Chicago & Erie Railroad v. Rans	154 N.E. 876	5
1926	Speck v. Kramer	151 N.E. 37	5

Showing the 15 most-cited of 91 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 Indiana Court of Appeals reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court was Francis Thompson on?: Francis Thompson was a Judge of the Indiana Court of Appeals.

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