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 1966 / Served to 1967

Roger Dykes

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

Roger Dykes was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, who joined the court in 1966. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1966–1967 · 1 yr

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1966	Florida District Courts of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Dykes authored 2 published opinions for the court (1966–1967). Most cited: Zurich Insurance Company v. Renton (13 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.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1966	Zurich Insurance Company v. Renton	189 So. 2d 492	13
1967	Keating v. DeArment	193 So. 2d 694	9

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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 Roger Dykes on?: Roger Dykes was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal.

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1 year 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).