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 1977 / Served to 1979

James W. Kehoe

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

James W. Kehoe was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, who joined the court in 1977. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1925–1998
Tenure: 1977–1979 · 2 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1977	Florida District Courts of Appeal	–	–

Education

University of Florida

A.A.

1947

Judicial Record

In our data, Kehoe authored 105 published opinions for the court (1977–1979), plus 4 dissents and 2 concurrences. Most cited: Hinkle v. State (12 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. 111 of these were attributed to Kehoe 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	Hinkle v. State· Dissent†	355 So. 2d 465	12
1979	Taylor v. Florida Crimes Compensation Commission†	367 So. 2d 720	7
1978	Valdes v. Ruas†	354 So. 2d 1269	7
1978	Anton v. Donner†	364 So. 2d 757	6
1977	Meadows of Beautiful Bronson, Inc. v. E. G. L. Investment Corp.†	353 So. 2d 199	6
1979	Wester v. State†	368 So. 2d 938	5
1978	Cohen v. Pan American Aluminum Corp.†	363 So. 2d 59	5
1979	Salzberg v. Eisenberg†	368 So. 2d 442	4
1979	Vega v. Mahfuz†	367 So. 2d 1107	4
1979	State v. Jackson†	368 So. 2d 66	4
1979	Matthews v. State†	366 So. 2d 170	4
1978	Baro v. Southeast First National Bank of Miami Springs†	363 So. 2d 397	4
1978	Florida Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund v. Wakulla Silver Springs Co.†	362 So. 2d 706	4
1978	Moseley v. Turrell†	354 So. 2d 121	4
1977	Lauderdale v. Blake†	351 So. 2d 742	4

Showing the 15 most-cited of 111 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 W. Kehoe on?: James W. Kehoe was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal.

Sources

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2 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).