How do judges of the Appellate Court of Maryland reach the bench?

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

Appellate Court of Maryland / Joined 1996 / Served to 2012

James R. Eyler

Judge, Appellate Court of Maryland

James R. Eyler was a Judge of the Appellate Court of Maryland, who joined the court in 1996. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1942 · age 84
Tenure: 1996–2012 · 16 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1996	Appellate Court of Maryland	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Eyler authored 12 published opinions for the court (1996). Most cited: Gunpowder Horse Stables, Inc. v. State Farm Automobile Insurance (17 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. 10 of these were attributed to Eyler 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
1996	Gunpowder Horse Stables, Inc. v. State Farm Automobile Insurance†	673 A.2d 721	17
1996	Duke Street Ltd. P'ship v. BOARD OF CTY. COMMISSIONERS CALVERT CTY.†	684 A.2d 40	14
1996	Professional Staff Nurses Ass'n v. Dimensions Health Corp.†	677 A.2d 87	12
1996	Brown v. Wheeler†	675 A.2d 1032	10
1996	Williams v. State†	675 A.2d 1037	8
1996	Conaway v. State†	108 Md. App. 475	8
1996	F. Scott Jay & Co., Inc. v. Vargo†	685 A.2d 799	7
1996	Bunn v. Kuta†	109 Md. App. 53	7
1996	Hill v. County Concrete Co., Inc.	672 A.2d 667	7
1996	LUBY CHEVROLETM, INC. v. Gerst†	684 A.2d 868	6
1996	Hicks v. State	674 A.2d 55	6
1996	Champion Billiards Cafe, Inc. v. Hall†	112 Md. App. 560	2

Showing the 12 most-cited of 12 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 Appellate Court of Maryland reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court was James R. Eyler on?: James R. Eyler was a Judge of the Appellate Court of Maryland.

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