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 1968 / Served to 1974

Robert T. Mann

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

Robert T. Mann was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, who joined the court in 1968. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1968–1974 · 6 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1968	Florida District Courts of Appeal	–	–

Education

University of Florida
George Washington University

Judicial Record

In our data, Mann authored 325 published opinions for the court (1968–1974), plus 26 dissents and 30 concurrences. Most cited: State v. Holmes (40 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. 296 of these were attributed to Mann 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
1971	State v. Holmes	256 So. 2d 32	40
1974	State v. Othen	300 So. 2d 732	28
1973	Edmond v. State	280 So. 2d 449	28
1971	General Development Corporation v. Kirk	251 So. 2d 284	27
1970	Jackson v. Anderson	230 So. 2d 503	26
1970	Sarasota-Manatee Airport Authority v. Alderman	238 So. 2d 678	23
1968	Chavez v. State	215 So. 2d 750	23
1974	Adams v. State	295 So. 2d 114	21
1970	Southern Gulf Utilities, Inc. v. Boca Ciega Sanitary District	238 So. 2d 458	21
1970	Johnson v. Rinesmith	238 So. 2d 659	20
1969	Boux v. East Hillsborough Apartments, Inc.	218 So. 2d 202	17
1974	Platt v. State	291 So. 2d 96	15
1971	Handley v. Anclote Manor Foundation	253 So. 2d 501	15
1974	Booze v. State	291 So. 2d 262	14
1972	National Life Insurance Company v. Harriott	268 So. 2d 397	14

Showing the 15 most-cited of 386 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 Robert T. Mann on?: Robert T. Mann was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal.

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6 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).