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 1965 / Served to 1972

Richard H.M. Swann

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

Richard H.M. Swann was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, who joined the court in 1965. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1923–2003
Tenure: 1965–1972 · 7 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1965	Florida District Courts of Appeal	–	–

Education

University of Miami

Judicial Record

In our data, Swann authored 204 published opinions for the court (1965–1972), plus 25 dissents and 3 concurrences. Most cited: Augusta Corp. v. Strawn (11 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. 233 of these were attributed to Swann 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
1965	Augusta Corp. v. Strawn†	174 So. 2d 422	11
1969	Foster v. State†	220 So. 2d 406	10
1965	Juliana, Inc. v. Salzman†	181 So. 2d 3	10
1971	Campbell v. Stoner†	249 So. 2d 474	9
1971	Board of Public Instruction of Dade County v. Dade County Classroom Teachers' Ass'n†	243 So. 2d 210	9
1967	Southern Mill Creek Products Co. v. Delta Chemical Co.†	203 So. 2d 53	9
1971	Matera v. State· Dissent†	254 So. 2d 843	8
1971	Robertson v. State†	245 So. 2d 304	8
1970	State ex rel. v. Stedman· Concurrence†	233 So. 2d 142	8
1968	Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Co. v. Ball· Dissent†	208 So. 2d 282	8
1966	Sydney Paper Co. v. Gans†	193 So. 2d 41	8
1965	Warriner v. Doug Tower, Inc.†	180 So. 2d 384	8
1965	Aviation Investments, Inc. v. Johanson†	177 So. 2d 369	8
1972	Miles v. State†	258 So. 2d 333	7
1972	For Adults Only, Inc. v. State ex rel. Gerstein†	257 So. 2d 912	7

Showing the 15 most-cited of 233 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 Richard H.M. Swann on?: Richard H.M. Swann was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal.

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7 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).