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 1966

James Moody

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

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

Tenure: 1959–1966 · 7 yrs

Judicial service

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

Judicial Record

In our data, Moody authored 11 published opinions for the court (1959–1966). Most cited: Platt v. General Development Corporation (25 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
1960	Platt v. General Development Corporation	122 So. 2d 48	25
1959	Cox Motor Company v. Faber	113 So. 2d 771	20
1963	Seminole Shell Co. v. Clearwater Flying Co.	156 So. 2d 543	19
1959	In Re Kionka's Estate	113 So. 2d 603	19
1960	Matthews v. Matthews	122 So. 2d 571	18
1959	Allen v. Gaither	112 So. 2d 855	16
1963	United Bonding Ins. Co. v. Presidential Ins. Co.	155 So. 2d 635	13
1963	Smith v. State	155 So. 2d 826	7
1966	Brown v. Saake	190 So. 2d 56	5
1961	Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Ins. Co. v. Bennett	131 So. 2d 499	5
1959	Hogan v. Norfleet	113 So. 2d 437	4

Showing the 11 most-cited of 11 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 James Moody on?: James Moody was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal.

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7 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).