How do judges of the Florida District Courts of Appeal reach the bench?

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

Florida District Courts of Appeal / Joined 1959 / Served to 1965

Hugh Taylor

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

Hugh Taylor was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, who joined the court in 1959. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1959–1965 · 6 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1959	Florida District Courts of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Taylor authored 9 published opinions for the court (1960–1965). Most cited: Isenberg v. Ortona Park Recreational Center, Inc. (36 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. 4 of these were attributed to Taylor 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
1964	Isenberg v. Ortona Park Recreational Center, Inc.	160 So. 2d 132	36
1965	Wise v. Western Union Telegraph Company	177 So. 2d 765	23
1965	Switzer v. Dye	177 So. 2d 539	18
1963	Scenic Hills Utility Co. v. City of Pensacola	156 So. 2d 874	10
1961	Livingston v. American Title and Insurance Company	133 So. 2d 483	9
1963	Hicks v. State†	156 So. 2d 22	4
1963	Pettibone v. State†	160 So. 2d 126	3
1963	Salvation Army v. First Atlantic National Bank of Daytona Beach†	156 So. 2d 18	2
1960	Fine v. Fine†	122 So. 2d 494	0

Showing the 9 most-cited of 9 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 Florida District Courts of Appeal reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court was Hugh Taylor on?: Hugh Taylor was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal.

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6 years on the Florida District Courts of Appeal. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).