How do judges of the Court of Appeals of Wisconsin reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin / Joined 1986 / Served to 1996

Robert D. Sundby

Judge, Court of Appeals of Wisconsin

Robert D. Sundby was a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Wisconsin, who joined the court in 1986. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1986–1996 · 10 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1986	Court of Appeals of Wisconsin	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Sundby authored 160 published opinions for the court (1986–1996), plus 110 dissents and 38 concurrences. Most cited: Super Valu Stores, Inc. v. D-Mart Food Stores, Inc. (51 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. 308 of these were attributed to Sundby 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
1988	Super Valu Stores, Inc. v. D-Mart Food Stores, Inc.· Dissent†	431 N.W.2d 721	51
1987	State v. Gulrud†	412 N.W.2d 139	50
1993	State v. Clark· Dissent†	507 N.W.2d 172	47
1987	Prahl v. Brosamle· Dissent†	420 N.W.2d 372	47
1990	State v. Johnson· Concurrence†	463 N.W.2d 352	45
1990	Schneller Ex Rel. Schneller v. St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center· Dissent†	455 N.W.2d 250	45
1988	State v. Spears· Dissent†	433 N.W.2d 595	43
1991	Hillman v. Columbia County· Concurrence†	474 N.W.2d 913	40
1988	Production Credit Ass'n v. Croft†	423 N.W.2d 544	40
1992	City of Edgerton v. General Casualty Co. of Wisconsin†	493 N.W.2d 768	38
1987	State v. Santos· Dissent†	401 N.W.2d 856	37
1992	State v. Wolff· Dissent†	491 N.W.2d 498	35
1989	Dairyland Harvestore, Inc. v. Wisconsin Department of Revenue· Concurrence†	447 N.W.2d 56	34
1991	Sheridan v. City of Janesville· Dissent†	474 N.W.2d 799	32
1993	General Medical Corp. v. Kobs· Dissent†	507 N.W.2d 381	30

Showing the 15 most-cited of 308 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 Court of Appeals of Wisconsin reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.
Which court was Robert D. Sundby on?: Robert D. Sundby was a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Sources

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