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

The court's current selection method is partisan election.

Ohio Court of Appeals / Joined 1977 / Served to 1982

Samuel H. Bell

Judge, Ohio Court of Appeals

Samuel H. Bell was a Judge of the Ohio Court of Appeals, who joined the court in 1977. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1925–2010
Tenure: 1977–1982 · 5 yrs
Education: The College of Wooster 1947

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1977	Ohio Court of Appeals	–	–

Education

The College of Wooster

B.A.

1947

Judicial Record

In our data, Bell authored 29 published opinions for the court (1977–1982). Most cited: Juhasz v. Quik Shops, Inc. (116 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. 29 of these were attributed to Bell 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	Juhasz v. Quik Shops, Inc.†	379 N.E.2d 235	116
1977	State v. Chambers†	373 N.E.2d 393	56
1982	Indermill v. United Savings†	451 N.E.2d 538	49
1980	Montieth v. Twin Falls United Methodist Church, Inc.†	428 N.E.2d 870	49
1980	Richard v. Staehle†	434 N.E.2d 1379	25
1978	Hulligan v. Columbia Township Board of Zoning Appeals†	392 N.E.2d 1272	23
1982	State v. Goble†	450 N.E.2d 722	15
1982	Edwards v. Sadusky†	448 N.E.2d 506	11
1981	Dolata v. Ohio Edison Co.†	441 N.E.2d 837	11
1980	Children's Hospital of Akron v. Johnson†	426 N.E.2d 515	11
1979	State v. Howze†	420 N.E.2d 131	11
1978	G. S. T. v. City of Avon Lake†	392 N.E.2d 901	11
1978	Akron National Bank & Trust Co. v. Roundtree†	395 N.E.2d 525	10
1980	Lockshin v. Blue Cross†	434 N.E.2d 754	9
1982	State v. Davis†	447 N.E.2d 139	8

Showing the 15 most-cited of 29 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 Ohio Court of Appeals reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is partisan election.
Which court was Samuel H. Bell on?: Samuel H. Bell was a Judge of the Ohio Court of Appeals.

Sources

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