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 1985 / Served to 1993

John F. McAuliffe

Judge, Appellate Court of Maryland

John F. McAuliffe was a Judge of the Appellate Court of Maryland, who joined the court in 1985. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1985–1993 · 8 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1985	Appellate Court of Maryland	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, McAuliffe authored 6 published opinions for the court (1994–2002). Most cited: Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance v. Maryland Yacht Club, Inc. (34 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
1999	Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance v. Maryland Yacht Club, Inc.	742 A.2d 79	34
1994	Artis v. Cyphers	642 A.2d 298	28
1998	Partee v. State	708 A.2d 1113	7
2000	Hegmon v. Novak	747 A.2d 772	5
1994	Annapolis Professional Firefighters Local 1926 v. City of Annapolis	642 A.2d 889	5
2002	Glover v. State	794 A.2d 735	3

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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 John F. McAuliffe on?: John F. McAuliffe was a Judge of the Appellate Court of Maryland.

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8 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).