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 1963 / Served to 1967

John McNatt

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

John McNatt was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, who joined the court in 1963. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1963–1967 · 4 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1963	Florida District Courts of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, McNatt authored 1 published opinion for the court (1964–1967), plus 1 concurrence. Most cited: American Fire & Cas. Co. v. Charles Sales Corp. of Orlando (10 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. 1 of these was attributed to McNatt 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	American Fire & Cas. Co. v. Charles Sales Corp. of Orlando	203 So. 2d 670	10
1964	Glens Falls Insurance v. Edgerly· Concurrence†	165 So. 2d 240	0

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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 John McNatt on?: John McNatt was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal.

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4 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).