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 1974 / Served to 1978

Raymond G. Nathan

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

Raymond G. Nathan was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, who joined the court in 1974. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1918–1978
Tenure: 1974–1978 · 4 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1974	Florida District Courts of Appeal	–	–

Education

University of Miami
University of Miami

Judicial Record

In our data, Nathan authored 54 published opinions for the court (1974–1978), plus 9 dissents and 5 concurrences. Most cited: Exchange National Bank of Chicago v. Rotocast Plastics Products, Inc. (8 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. 68 of these were attributed to Nathan 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
1977	Exchange National Bank of Chicago v. Rotocast Plastics Products, Inc.· Concurrence†	341 So. 2d 787	8
1978	Keith v. Capers†	362 So. 2d 130	5
1977	Security Insurance Co. v. Howgate†	343 So. 2d 641	5
1976	State ex rel. Martinez v. Florida Division of Commerce, Division of Employment Compensation†	339 So. 2d 313	5
1977	Brinkley v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.†	353 So. 2d 593	4
1977	Stuart v. State†	353 So. 2d 165	4
1976	Laird v. Vogel· Dissent†	334 So. 2d 650	4
1976	Vining v. Avis Rent-A-Car Systems, Inc.†	330 So. 2d 550	4
1976	Sands v. State†	328 So. 2d 563	4
1975	Goldberg v. McCabe†	313 So. 2d 47	4
1975	Board of Trustees v. Sistrunk†	310 So. 2d 405	4
1978	Bowles v. D. Mitchell Investments, Inc.· Dissent†	363 So. 2d 1106	3
1978	Sauls v. State· Dissent†	354 So. 2d 435	3
1977	McGeary v. Dade County†	342 So. 2d 549	3
1976	Sukert v. State†	325 So. 2d 439	3

Showing the 15 most-cited of 68 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 Raymond G. Nathan on?: Raymond G. Nathan 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).