How do judges of the Kentucky Court of Appeals reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.

Kentucky Court of Appeals / Joined 1964 / Served to 2002

John Jacob Winn

Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals

John Jacob Winn was a Judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, who joined the court in 1964. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1957–1974
Tenure: 1964–2002 · 38 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1964	Kentucky Court of Appeals	–	–

Education

Princeton University

Judicial Record

In our data, Winn authored 5 published opinions for the court (1964–1967). Most cited: State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co. v. Trautwein (32 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. 3 of these were attributed to Winn 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
1967	State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co. v. Trautwein	414 S.W.2d 587	32
1964	Gibson v. Dupin	377 S.W.2d 585	10
1967	Ewing v. Moody†	421 S.W.2d 577	4
1967	Dukes v. City of Louisville†	415 S.W.2d 110	2
1965	Noble v. Jones†	392 S.W.2d 449	1

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Questions & answers

How do judges of the Kentucky Court of Appeals reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.
Which court was John Jacob Winn on?: John Jacob Winn was a Judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals.

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