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

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

Nebraska Court of Appeals / Joined 1998 / Served to 2011

Theodore L. Carlson

Judge, Nebraska Court of Appeals

Theodore L. Carlson was a Judge of the Nebraska Court of Appeals, who joined the court in 1998. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1998–2011 · 12 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1998	Nebraska Court of Appeals	–	–

Education

Creighton University

Judicial Record

In our data, Carlson authored 79 published opinions for the court (1999–2010), plus 3 dissents and 1 concurrence. Most cited: Rousseau v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Omaha (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. 61 of these were attributed to Carlson 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
2009	Rousseau v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Omaha	764 N.W.2d 130	51
2004	In Re Interest of Stacey D.	12 Neb. Ct. App. 707	49
2000	Walker v. Walker†	618 N.W.2d 465	46
1999	In Re Estate of Wilson†	594 N.W.2d 695	36
2003	Walsh v. City of Omaha†	660 N.W.2d 187	31
1999	Sorenson v. Dager†	601 N.W.2d 564	31
2009	Parent v. CITY OF BELLEVUE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION	17 Neb. Ct. App. 458	30
2004	Lucas v. Anderson Ford· Concurrence†	689 N.W.2d 354	30
2002	Dodge County Board of Equalization v. Nebraska Tax Equalization & Review Commission†	10 Neb. Ct. App. 927	28
1999	State v. Dreimanis†	593 N.W.2d 750	27
2001	State v. Spidel†	634 N.W.2d 825	25
2000	City of Battle Creek v. Madison County Board of Adjustment†	609 N.W.2d 706	25
2004	J & H Swine, Inc. v. Hartington Concrete, Inc.†	687 N.W.2d 9	22
2001	In Re Interest of Azia B.†	626 N.W.2d 602	20
2005	In Re Interest of Brittany C.	693 N.W.2d 592	19

Showing the 15 most-cited of 83 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 Nebraska Court of Appeals reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court was Theodore L. Carlson on?: Theodore L. Carlson was a Judge of the Nebraska Court of Appeals.

Sources

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