How do judges of the Supreme Court of Missouri reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.

Supreme Court of Missouri / Joined 1992 / Served to 2008

Stephen Nathaniel Limbaugh Jr.

Justice, Supreme Court of Missouri

Stephen Nathaniel Limbaugh Jr. was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri, who joined the court in 1992. He earned a law degree from Southern Methodist University in 1973. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1952 · age 74
Tenure: 1992–2008 · 16 yrs
Education: Southern Methodist 1973 · Southern Methodist

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1992	Supreme Court of Missouri	–	–

Education

Southern Methodist University	B.A.	1973
Southern Methodist University	J.D.	1976

Judicial Record

In our data, Limbaugh authored 76 published opinions for the court (1993–2008), plus 47 dissents and 32 concurrences. Most cited: Wilkerson v. Prelutsky (167 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. 155 of these were attributed to Limbaugh 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
1997	Wilkerson v. Prelutsky· Dissent†	943 S.W.2d 643	167
2002	Hinnah v. Director of Revenue· Dissent†	77 S.W.3d 616	164
2007	Hess v. Chase Manhattan Bank, USA, N.A.· Concurrence†	220 S.W.3d 758	163
1996	State v. Kinder†	942 S.W.2d 313	146
2003	Missouri Soybean Ass'n v. Missouri Clean Water Commission· Dissent†	102 S.W.3d 10	138
1995	State v. Driver· Concurrence†	912 S.W.2d 52	135
1997	State v. Carson· Dissent†	941 S.W.2d 518	128
2003	State v. Whitfield· Dissent†	107 S.W.3d 253	120
1996	Alack v. Vic Tanny International of Missouri, Inc.· Dissent†	923 S.W.2d 330	120
2006	State Ex Rel. Vincent v. Schneider· Concurrence†	194 S.W.3d 853	118
2004	In the Interest of P.L.O.†	131 S.W.3d 782	114
1993	Lester v. Sayles†	850 S.W.2d 858	111
1996	Call v. Heard†	925 S.W.2d 840	102
2000	State v. Barriner· Dissent†	34 S.W.3d 139	100
1993	State v. Erwin· Dissent†	848 S.W.2d 476	100

Showing the 15 most-cited of 155 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 Supreme Court of Missouri reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court was Stephen Nathaniel Limbaugh Jr. on?: Stephen Nathaniel Limbaugh Jr. was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri.

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