How do judges of the Supreme Court of Ohio reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is partisan election.

Supreme Court of Ohio / Joined 1964 / Served to 1968

Paul W. Brown

Justice, Supreme Court of Ohio

Paul W. Brown was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio, who joined the court in 1964. He previously served on the Ohio Court of Appeals. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1915–2000
Tenure: 1964–1968 · 4 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1960	Ohio Court of Appeals	–	–
1964	Supreme Court of Ohio	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Brown authored 35 published opinions for the court (1965–1968), plus 10 dissents. Most cited: State v. Childs (404 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. 45 of these were attributed to Brown 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
1968	State v. Childs†	14 Ohio St. 2d 56	404
1966	Helms v. James Dickey Post No. 23, American Legion, Inc.· Dissent†	5 Ohio St. 2d 60	76
1966	Teramano v. Teramano†	6 Ohio St. 2d 117	61
1966	Pincelli v. Ohio Bridge Corp.†	5 Ohio St. 2d 41	48
1968	Klein v. Bendix-Westinghouse Automotive Air Brake Co.†	13 Ohio St. 2d 85	45
1967	North v. Pennsylvania Rd. Co.†	9 Ohio St. 2d 169	41
1967	Wever v. Hicks· Dissent†	11 Ohio St. 2d 230	40
1966	City of Akron v. Public Utilities Commission†	5 Ohio St. 2d 237	35
1966	West Park Shopping Center, Inc. v. Masheter†	6 Ohio St. 2d 142	34
1965	Moore v. P. W. Publishing Co.†	3 Ohio St. 2d 183	33
1965	Commonwealth Loan Co. v. Berry†	2 Ohio St. 2d 169	33
1965	Motorists Mutual Ins. v. Lumbermens Mutual Ins.†	1 Ohio St. 2d 105	32
1968	Bronaugh v. R. & E. Dredging Co.· Dissent†	16 Ohio St. 2d 35	29
1966	Philada Home Fund v. Board of Tax Appeals†	5 Ohio St. 2d 135	28
1965	City of Lakewood v. Smith†	1 Ohio St. 2d 128	26

Showing the 15 most-cited of 45 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 Supreme Court of Ohio reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is partisan election.
Which court was Paul W. Brown on?: Paul W. Brown was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio.

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