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

The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas / Joined 1979 / Served to 1980

George Howard Jr.

Judge, Court of Appeals of Arkansas

George Howard Jr. was a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Arkansas, who joined the court in 1979. He previously served on the Supreme Court of Arkansas. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1924–2007
Tenure: 1979–1980 · 1 yr
Education: University of Arkansas 1954

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1977	Supreme Court of Arkansas	–	–
1979	Court of Appeals of Arkansas	–	–

Education

Lincoln University
University of Arkansas	B.S.	1954

Judicial Record

In our data, Howard authored 90 published opinions for the court (1977–1980), plus 29 dissents and 6 concurrences. Most cited: McCoy Farms, Inc. v. J & M McKEE (58 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. 125 of these were attributed to Howard 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
1978	McCoy Farms, Inc. v. J & M McKEE· Dissent†	563 S.W.2d 409	58
1978	Henderson v. Dudley· Dissent†	574 S.W.2d 658	39
1978	Swindler v. State· Concurrence†	569 S.W.2d 120	39
1978	Williams v. Carr†	565 S.W.2d 400	38
1978	Clark v. State· Dissent†	573 S.W.2d 622	35
1978	State v. Reeves· Dissent†	574 S.W.2d 647	34
1978	Adams v. State†	566 S.W.2d 387	33
1978	City of North Little Rock v. Gorman†	568 S.W.2d 481	29
1978	Smith v. State· Dissent†	571 S.W.2d 591	27
1978	Little Rock School District v. Celotex Corp.†	264 Ark. 757	22
1978	Hickey v. State†	569 S.W.2d 64	22
1980	Gustafson v. State· Dissent†	593 S.W.2d 187	20
1979	Lee v. State†	587 S.W.2d 78	18
1979	Perkins v. Perkins†	589 S.W.2d 588	16
1978	Ryder Truck Rental, Inc. v. Kramer†	563 S.W.2d 451	16

Showing the 15 most-cited of 125 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 Court of Appeals of Arkansas reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.
Which court was George Howard Jr. on?: George Howard Jr. was a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Arkansas.

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